yo pensaba que

I thought that

→ yo
phrase Uncommon #23,274
I thought that Introduces something the speaker previously believed or expected.
SP: Yo pensaba que ya habías salido.
EN: I thought you had already left.

Valeria, yo pensaba que andabas en otros amores.

Valeria, I thought you were seeing someone else.

— Amores perros (2000)

Yo pensaba que sería fácil hacerlo.

I thought it would be easy to do.

Yo pensaba que estabas muerto.

I thought you were dead.

— El Auto De La Compadecida (2000)

Y yo pensaba que tenía onda.

And I thought it was cool.

— Por eso lo llaman amor (2017)

Maestro Yupa, yo pensaba que era sólo una vieja leyenda.

Master Yupa, I thought it was just an old legend.

— Nausicaä del Valle del Viento (1984)

Yo pensaba que te gustaba aprender cosas nuevas.

I thought you liked learning new things.

Yo pensaba que has dicho que nadie sabía hablar francés aquí.

I thought you said that nobody here knew how to speak French.

No es como yo pensaba que sería.

It's not how I thought it would be.

— Summertime (1955)

Yo pensaba que esa reunión jamás terminaría.

I thought that meeting would never end.

Yo pensaba que ya estabas muerto.

I thought you were already dead.

Yo pensaba que iríamos juntos.

I thought we were going together.

— Andrei Rublev (1966)

Yo pensaba que ese era mí trabajo.

I thought that was my job.

Antes yo pensaba que Tom era apuesto.

I used to think Tom was handsome.

Y yo pensaba que eramos amigos.

And I thought we were friends.

— Una Voz Silenciosa (2016)

Yo pensaba que Tom era el mejor cantante en el escenario esta noche.

I thought Tom was the best singer on stage tonight.

Yo pensaba que él era un doctor.

I thought he was a doctor.