había pasado

it'd happened

había pasado(ah-bee-ah pah-sah-doh)

phrase

1. (it'd occurred)

a. it'd happened

Mi jefe sabía que yo no era responsable del incidente. Había pasado mientras yo estaba de vacaciones.

My boss knew I wasn't responsible for the incident. It'd happened while I was on vacation.

b. had happened

Estábamos desesperados. Había pasado lo que más nos temíamos.

We were desperate. What we feared most had happened.

2. (used to talk about the time elapsed)

a. it'd gone by

El fin de semana se había acabado. Había pasado en un santiamén. Ya era lunes otra vez.

The weekend was over. It'd gone by in a jiffy. It was Monday again.

b. had gone by

Eva no se podía creer que ya fueran las dos. El tiempo había pasado muy deprisa.

Eva couldn't believe it was already two o'clock. Time had gone by very quickly.

3. (he or she had been; third person singular)

a. he'd spent (masculine)

Graham vino a vivir a Madrid en 2012 y había pasado varios años en Berlín.

Graham came to live in Madrid in 2012 and he'd spent several years in Berlin.

b. she'd spent (feminine)

Ana ya hablaba chino cuando la contratamos porque había pasado diez años en Hong Kong.

Ana already spoke Chinese when we hired her because she'd spent ten years in Hong Kong.

c. had spent

Carolina había pasado el verano en España y estaba planeando pasar el invierno en Suiza.

Carolina had spent the summer in Spain and was thinking of spending the winter in Switzerland.

4.

(formal)

(you'd been; second person singular)

a. you'd spent

Recuerdo que la última vez que lo vi, había pasado una semana en Mallorca y estaba usted muy bronceado.

I remember the last time I saw you, you'd spent a week in Mallorca and you were very tanned.

5. (I'd been; first person singular)

a. I'd spent

Cuando me llamaste, había pasado la noche estudiando, por eso estaba de tan mal humor.

When you called, I'd spent all night studying. That's why I was in such a bad mood.