pluperfect tense

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Tense of a verb used when referring to something that happened before a past setting or the imperfect; formed in English by adding had before the past participle of a verb, or by adding had been before the present participle of the verb.

Equivalents

Españolpluscuamperfecto

Françaisplus-que-parfait

DeutschPlusquamperfekt vollendete Vergangenheit Vorvergangenheit

18 more languages

Bosanskipluskvamperfekat pluskvamperfekt плусквамперфекатплусквамперфект

Ελληνικάυπερσυντέλικος

Esperantopluskvamperfekto

Suomientispäättymä pluskvamperfekti

Hrvatskipluskvamperfekat pluskvamperfekt плусквамперфекатплусквамперфект

Italianopiuccheperfetto trapassato trapassato prossimo

日本語大過去

한국어과거완료

Latinaplusquamperfectum

Македонскиплусквамперфект

Nederlandsplusquamperfectum voltooid verleden tijd

Polskiczas zaprzeszły

Portuguêsmais-que-perfeito pretérito mais-que-perfeito

Românămai mult ca perfect

Русскийдавнопроше́дшее вре́мя плюсквамперфе́кт предпроше́дшее вре́мя

Српскиpluskvamperfekat pluskvamperfekt плусквамперфекатплусквамперфект

Svenskapluskvamperfekt

Українськадавноминулий час

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

pluperfection pluperfectness Pluperfects PLUR pluractional pluractionality

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