lo teníamos todo

we had it all

→ lo

phrase Rare #45,749

we had it all Uses the imperfect tense to describe having everything at a past time or during a past period. The pronoun “lo” refers generally to everything or all the necessary things.

SP: Antes de la tormenta, lo teníamos todo preparado.

EN: Before the storm, we had everything prepared.

Aquí lo teníamos todo, excepto la luna.

We had everything here, except the moon.

— Devdas (2002)

Lo teníamos todo.

We had it all.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

Lo teníamos todo planeado.

We had it all planned.

Y ya lo teníamos todo, todo listo.

And we already had everything, absolutely everything, ready.

— Y tu mamá también (2001)