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no podíamos

we couldn't

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phrase Uncommon #14,689
we couldn't Imperfect past of poder. Used for inability or lack of possibility in the past.
SP: No podíamos entrar porque la puerta estaba cerrada.
EN: We couldn't get in because the door was closed.

No podíamos encontrar la llave en ninguna parte.

We couldn't find the key anywhere.

No podíamos hacer nada.

We couldn't do anything.

— Cadena perpetua (1994)

No podíamos pelear con cuchillos y palos.

We couldn't fight with knives and sticks.

— Carandiru (2003)

No podíamos acercarnos a las montañas.

We couldn't get near the mountains.

— La princesa Mononoke (1997)

Decidimos que no podíamos seguir tolerando a la oposición.

We decided that we could no longer tolerate the opposition.

— Núremberg (2025)

No podíamos ir allí porque no teníamos coche.

We couldn't go there because we didn't have a car.

No podíamos simplemente dejarte escapar.

We couldn't just let you go.

— El hombre de la Tierra (2007)

No podíamos dejar escapar un pez así.

We couldn't let a fish like that get away.

— El regreso (2003)

No podíamos hacer nada para detenerla.

We couldn't do anything to stop her.

— TÁR (2022)

No podíamos parar de reír.

We couldn't stop laughing.

Pero nosotros no podíamos ser de la familia, con sangre irlandesa.

But we couldn't be part of the family, with Irish blood.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

No podíamos entender lo que ellos estaban tratando de decir.

We couldn't understand what they were trying to say.

Hacía tanto calor que no podíamos caminar durante mucho rato.

It was so hot that we couldn’t walk for very long.

No podíamos imaginar qué cosa quería hacer Paul.

We couldn't imagine what Paul wanted to do.

Había sido un accidente y a ese chico ya no podíamos ayudarle.

It had been an accident and we couldn't help that boy anymore.

— Contratiempo (2017)

Es que no podíamos venir.

We just couldn't come.

— Roma (2018)

No podíamos separarnos de esto.

We couldn't separate ourselves from this.

— Sacrificio (1986)

No importaba lo que hiciéramos, no podíamos hacerlo bien.

No matter what we did, we couldn't do it right.

— The Internship (2026)

No podíamos creer lo que estaba pasando.

We couldn't believe what was happening.

— La ciudad de las estrellas (La La Land) (2016)

No podíamos hacer nada al respecto.

There was nothing we could do about it.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

No podíamos nadar más rápido.

We couldn't swim any faster.

Te dije que no podíamos confiar en él.

I told you we couldn't trust him.

Pero no podíamos pasarnos la vida viajando.

But we couldn't spend our lives traveling.

— Dolor y gloria (2019)

Sabía que no podíamos confiar en él.

I knew we couldn't trust him.