fuimos nosotros

it was us

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it was us Used to emphasize that we were the people responsible for or involved in something. Literally, “we were us,” but in English it is usually translated as “it was us” or “we were the ones.”

SP: ¿Quién rompió la ventana? Fuimos nosotros.

EN: Who broke the window? It was us.

Pues fuimos nosotros.

Well, it was us.

— El botín (2026)

No fuimos nosotros los que lo hicimos.

We weren't the ones who did it.

Fuimos nosotros.

It was us.

No fuimos nosotros.

It wasn't us.

— El señor de los anillos: El retorno del rey (2003)

Nadie sabrá jamás que fuimos nosotros.

No one will ever know it was us.

Fuimos nosotros los que lo hicimos.

We were the ones who did it.

Quieren saber si fuimos nosotros.

They want to know if it was us.

Necesitan saber que fuimos nosotros.

They need to know it was us.

— Avatar: El sentido del agua (2022)