flashback

a sudden memory of an event in the past, especially one that is very clear and vivid

vuelta atrás en el tiempo, recuerdo repentino

• have a flashback

Collocations a traumatic flashback

• She had a flashback to the day she met her husband.

  Ella tuvo un recuerdo repentino del día en que conoció a su esposo.

a scene in a film or television programme that shows an event from the past, often to explain something about the present story

escena de recuerdo, escena en flash-back

• flashback scene

Collocations a flashback sequence in a film

• The film includes several flashbacks to the 1950s.

  La película incluye varias escenas en flash-back de los años cincuenta.