podíamos hacer

we could do

→ poder
phrase Rare #36,088
we could do Imperfect of poder + hacer; often used in phrases like lo menos que podíamos hacer (“the least we could do”).
SP: No sabíamos qué podíamos hacer para ayudar.
EN: We didn't know what we could do to help.

Hablamos sobre lo que podíamos hacer.

We talked about what we could do.

Tú y Einstein le dijeron a Roosevelt que podíamos hacer una bomba.

You and Einstein told Roosevelt that we could make a bomb.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Lo mínimo que podíamos hacer era llevarte a casa.

The least we could do was take you home.

No podíamos hacer contacto sin cabello.

We couldn't make contact without hair.

— Bugonia (2025)

Pensé que lo menos que podíamos hacer era llevarte a casa.

I thought the least we could do was take you home.

— American Gangster (2007)

Es lo menos que podíamos hacer.

It's the least we could do.

Para deshacerte de mí, podíamos hacer lo mismo.

To get rid of me, we could do the same thing.

— Contra la pared (2004)