Habíamos (en. We had)

/aˈβja.mos/

Meaning & Definition

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verb

Indicates an action that occurred in the past based on previous experience.

We had eaten before going out.

Nosotros habíamos comido antes de salir.

Expresses an earlier action in relation to another past action.

When we arrived, they had already commented on the project.

Cuando llegamos, ellos ya habíamos comentado sobre el proyecto.

Used to form compound tenses.

We had finished the task before the deadline.

Habíamos terminado la tarea antes de la fecha límite.

From the verb haber, which comes from the Latin 'habere'.

we had spoken

Indicates that the conversation occurred before another moment in the past.

habíamos hablado

we had agreed

Refers to an agreement made at an earlier time.

habíamos acordado

we had seen

Expresses that something had already been seen before another action.

habíamos visto

we had thought

Indicates that something had been considered previously.

habíamos pensado

to have

Auxiliary verb used to form compound tenses.

haber

room

Closed physical space within a building.

habitación

to habituate

To accustom someone to a certain behavior.

habituar

Used in informal contexts to refer to 'we had done something'.

We had already checked the place before coming.

Ya habíamos checado el lugar antes de venir.

In colloquial language, it can be used to refer to something that was expected but did not happen.

We thought we had arrived on time, but everything had already started.

Pensamos que habíamos llegado a tiempo, pero ya todo había empezado.