How to conjugate tener in Indicative Past Perfect in Spanish

tener
irregular verb

Tener means to possess, own, or hold something. It is also used to express age, obligation, or certain idiomatic expressions in Spanish.

How to conjugate tener in Indicative Past Perfect

El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto - used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past

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Indicative Past Perfect Conjugations

PronounConjugation
Yo
había tenido
Tú
habías tenido
Él / Ella / Usted
había tenido
Nosotros / Nosotras
habíamos tenido
Vosotros / Vosotras
habíais tenido
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes
habían tenido

Examples of tener in Indicative Past Perfect

Yo
Yo había tenido esa idea antes.
I had had that idea before.
Tú
Tú habías tenido un día difícil.
You had had a difficult day.
Él / Ella / Usted
Ella había tenido una reunión importante.
She had had an important meeting.
Nosotros / Nosotras
Nosotros habíamos tenido problemas antes.
We had had problems before.
Vosotros / Vosotras
Vosotros habíais tenido suerte.
You all had had luck.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes
Ellos habían tenido una experiencia similar.
They had had a similar experience.

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Yo había tenido esa idea antes.

Other conjugations of tener

All conjugations
Complete conjugation table
Indicative Present
Indicative Preterite
Indicative Imperfect
Indicative Present Continuous
Indicative Informal Future
Indicative Future
Indicative Conditional
Indicative Present Perfect
Indicative Future Perfect
Indicative Conditional Perfect
Subjunctive Present
Subjunctive Imperfect
Subjunctive Future
Subjunctive Present Perfect
Subjunctive Past Perfect
Subjunctive Future Perfect
Imperative Affirmative
Imperative Negative

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