haber habido

Question

What is the best translation for this sentence?

Tiene que haber habido una razón.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Iker, yo diría:

There must have been a reason.

Answer 2

LadyDi said:

There had to have been a reason.

Actually (since there's no problem preserving the tenses in English of this) "There has to have been a reason." However, Heidita's reply is probably the most common way to say this in English. To some extent, it depends on what you mean by the "best way".

Answer 3

There had to have been a reason.