no teníamos

we didn't have

→ no

phrase Uncommon #13,085

we didn't have Used for the first-person plural past tense of tener in the negative. It can also mean 'we had no' depending on the sentence.

SP: Antes no teníamos coche.

EN: We didn’t have a car before.

No teníamos ni idea.

We had no idea.

— [REC] (2007)

No teníamos televisor en aquellos días.

We didn't have a television back then.

Estábamos lejos de casa y no teníamos forma de regresar esa noche.

We were far from home and had no way to get back that night.

Creí que no teníamos derecho a beber.

I thought we didn't have the right to drink.

— El profesional (Léon) (1994)

En aquel momento, no teníamos ni idea de adonde ir.

At that moment, we had no idea where to go.

— Happy Together (1997)

No teníamos elección.

We had no choice.

— Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

Pero no teníamos una familia tan grande como esta.

But we didn't have a family as big as this one.

— Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

No teníamos ninguna responsabilidad el uno con el otro.

We had no responsibility towards each other.

— Sin conexión (2025)

En mi casa, allá en Pernambuco no teníamos nada.

Back home in Pernambuco, we had nothing.

— Diarios de motocicleta (2004)

Nosotros no teníamos secretos.

We had no secrets.

No podíamos ir allí porque no teníamos coche.

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

No teníamos agua potable.

We didn't have drinking water.

No teníamos nada en común.

We had nothing in common.

No teníamos otra opción.

We had no other option.

— Hunting Season (2025)

No teníamos casi nada en la cocina.

We had almost nothing in the kitchen.

No teníamos ninguna oportunidad de ganar.

We had no chance of winning.

No teníamos tiempo que perder.

We had no time to lose.

Nosotros no teníamos opción.

We had no choice.

— Zeta (2026)

Abandonamos el proyecto porque no teníamos suficiente dinero.

We abandoned the project because we didn’t have enough money.

Los vecinos dejaron de aparcar en nuestra entrada, aunque no teníamos coche.

The neighbors stopped parking in our driveway, even though we didn’t have a car.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

No teníamos agua para beber.

We had no water to drink.

Todo solía ser más sencillo cuando no teníamos tantas responsabilidades.

Everything used to be simpler when we didn't have so many responsibilities.

No teníamos esa opción.

We didn’t have that option.

No teníamos opción.

We had no choice.

— La diva (1981)

No pudimos ir allí porque no teníamos coche.

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

No teníamos agua que beber.

We had no water to drink.

Hacía mucho que no teníamos tantos invitados.

It had been a long time since we had so many guests.

— El arca rusa (2002)