had to do
Perdón, pero lo tuve que hacer.
Sorry, but I had to do it.
Tuve que hacer algunas llamadas telefónicas.
I had to make some phone calls.
Y tuve que hacer una piscina en el hueco de la escalera.
And I had to build a swimming pool in the stairwell.
— La dolce vita (1960)
Ahora, dadas las circunstancias, tuve que hacer otros planes.
Now, given the circumstances, I had to make other plans.
I had to make a choice.
Era lo único que tuve que hacer.
It was the only thing I had to do.
Ayer tuve que hacer horas extra.
Yesterday I had to work overtime.
I did what I had to do.
Eso era lo único que tuve que hacer.
That was all I had to do.