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tengamos que

may have to

→ tener
phrase Rare #31,114
may have to Used in the present subjunctive, often after words like quizá or tal vez to express uncertainty or possibility.
SP: Quizá tengamos que esperar un poco más.
EN: Maybe we’ll have to wait a little longer.

Quizás no tengamos que darle dinero al veterinario.

Maybe we don't have to give the vet any money.

— Marty Supreme (2025)

Puede que no tengamos que firmar un contrato.

We may not have to sign a contract.

Espero que no tengamos que ver cosas como ésas en el futuro.

I hope we don't have to see things like that in the future.

— Senna (2010)

Quizá tengamos que decirlo.

Perhaps we need to say it.

Quizá tengamos que recordarlo.

Perhaps we need to remember that.

Tal vez tengamos que luchar contra los tiradores también.

We may have to fight the shooters too.

— La princesa Mononoke (1997)

Quizá tengamos que cocinarlo.

We might have to cook it.

Sanja, quizás tengamos que marcharnos.

Sanja, we may have to leave.

— El ladrón (1997)

Quizá tengamos que hacerlo.

Perhaps we have to do it.