had softened

Past perfectconjugation ofsoften.There are other translations for this conjugation.

soften

The wind had softened up the sand in all the ergs that had to be crossed.	El viento había ablandado la arena en todos los ergs que había que atravesar.
His master's voice had softened, his caresses had abated, and the air in the room was growing warmer, probably from the hot tin roof and the confessions that were beginning to flow.	La voz del amo se ablandó, las caricias empezaron a holgazanear, el aire del cuarto era cada vez más cálido, quizá por el tejado abrasador y por las confesiones que empezaban a brotar.
Attached to a respirator now, unable to speak, and a mere 70 pounds, his powerlessness and suffering had softened his heart so Our Lady could now move in to make the conquest.	Atado ahora a un respirador, incapaz de hablar y con solo 70 libras de peso, su impotencia y sufrimiento habían ablandado su corazón, así Nuestra Señora ahora podía venir dentro de él para la conquista.
By the second half of the nineteenth century political morality had supplanted materialism (at least, in the imagination of certain politicians) only because social antagonisms had softened for a time and the political struggle had become petty.	En la segunda mitad del siglo XIX, la moralidad política había suplantado al materialismo (al menos, en la imaginación de ciertos políticos), solo porque los antagonismos sociales se habían suavizado de momento, y la lucha política se había vuelto mezquina.