I've had to
No te enfades pero es que he tenido que hacerlo.
Don't be mad, but I had to do it.
Para huir he tenido que matar a dos personas.
To escape I had to kill two people.
— La piel que habito (2011)
Hasta de esto, he tenido que enterarme por tu amiga.
Even this, I had to find out from your friend.
— Todo sobre mi madre (1999)
Si supieras lo que he tenido que pasar para conseguir este dinero.
If you only knew what I've had to go through to get this money.
— Las noches de Cabiria (1957)
Por la noche yo he tenido que dejar de mirarla, porque luego duermo fatal.
At night, I’ve had to stop looking at her because I sleep terribly afterward.
— Volver (2006)
Y porque he tenido que probar el palo de otra forma.
And because I've had to try the stick another way.
— Funny Games (1997)
No sabes cuántas veces, he tenido que despertarme para sacarte de apuros.
You have no idea how many times I've had to wake up to get you out of trouble.
— Marty Supreme (2025)
Le he tenido que prometer que esta noche cenamos en su bar.
I had to promise him that we'd have dinner at his bar tonight.
— Hable con ella (2002)