nosotros pensábamos

we thought

→ pensar
pens to think + ábamos 1st-person plural imperfect (indicative or subjunctive)
verb · first plural · imperfect indicative Uncommon #21,712
we thought Imperfect tense (past habitual/ongoing).
SP: Pensábamos que el museo abría a las diez.
EN: We thought the museum opened at ten.
Conjugation of pensar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First pensaba pensábamos
Second pensabas —
Third pensaba —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First pensaba pensábamos
Second pensabas —
Third pensaba —

Vaya, resulta que el problema era mucho más sencillo de lo que todos pensábamos al principio.

Well, it turns out the problem was much simpler than we all initially thought.

Resultó ser más complicado de lo que pensábamos al principio.

It turned out to be more complicated than we initially thought.

Ya pensábamos irnos.

We were already thinking of leaving.

— Andrei Rublev (1966)

Pensábamos en preguntarle si no querría unirse a nuestra compañía.

We were thinking of asking him if he would like to join our company.

Eso era lo que pensábamos.

That's what we thought.

Pensábamos ir los dos.

We were thinking of going together.

— Dolor y gloria (2019)

Tom no es tan fuerte como pensábamos.

Tom isn’t as strong as we thought.

Nuestro objetivo no es quien pensábamos.

Our target is not who we thought it was.

— Shelter: El Protector (2026)

Pensábamos casarnos allí.

We were planning to get married there.

— Mystic River (2003)

Como pensábamos, ella se había ido al extranjero.

As we suspected, she had gone abroad.

Va a costar más de lo que pensábamos inicialmente.

It's going to cost more than we initially thought.

La fractura no fue tan grave como pensábamos.

The fracture wasn’t as serious as we thought.

Pensábamos ir a Nicaragua.

We were thinking of going to Nicaragua.

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

Las cosas no salen como pensábamos.

Things aren't going as we thought.

— Aguirre, la cólera de Dios (1972)

Era aun más difícil de lo que pensábamos al inicio.

It was even more difficult than we initially thought.