tuvimos que

had to

→ tener
phrase Common #6,425
had to Used to say something was necessary in the past.
SP: Tuvimos que esperar mucho tiempo.
EN: We had to wait a long time.

Tuvimos que llevar a nuestra madre al hospital.

We had to take our mother to the hospital.

Nos tuvimos que detener por dos horas en San Francisco debido a la niebla.

We had to stop for two hours in San Francisco because of the fog.

Tuvimos que parar.

We had to stop.

Tuvimos que reaccionar rápidamente.

We had to react quickly.

Tuvimos que visitar a su jefe.

We had to visit his boss.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

Anoche tuvimos que llamar a la policía.

Last night we had to call the police.

Tuvimos que cancelar el juego por la lluvia.

We had to cancel the game because of the rain.

Tuvimos que dejar ir a Tom.

We had to let Tom go.

Tuvimos que esperar un poco al autobús.

We had to wait a little while for the bus.

Tuvimos que irnos corriendo.

We had to run away.

Tuvimos que mantenernos calientes.

We had to keep warm.

— El odio (1995)

No tuvimos que llamar al doctor.

We didn't have to call the doctor.

Tuvimos que posponer la reunión a causa de la lluvia.

We had to postpone the meeting because of the rain.

Tuvimos que suspender el juego por la lluvia.

We had to suspend the game due to the rain.

Luego tuvimos que volver.

Then we had to go back.

— Avatar: Fuego y ceniza (2025)

Tuvimos que abandonar nuestro plan.

We had to abandon our plan.

Tuvimos que cerrar la ventana por los mosquitos.

We had to close the window because of the mosquitoes.

Empezamos tarde la excursión y tuvimos que caminar más rápido para llegar a tiempo.

We started the hike late and had to walk faster to arrive on time.

Tuvimos que dejarla ir.

We had to let her go.

Tuvimos que hacerlo.

We had to do it.

— Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

Tuvimos que llamar a una ambulancia.

We had to call an ambulance.

— Audition (2000)

Nos tuvimos que aprender el poema de memoria.

We had to learn the poem by heart.

Tuvimos que mentir para protegernos.

We had to lie to protect ourselves.

Tuvimos que quedarnos en casa por causa de la tormenta.

We had to stay home because of the storm.

Tuvimos que tirarla al foso, totalmente vestida.

We had to throw her into the pit, fully clothed.

— Los visitantes (1993)

Sólo dije que puso la canción muy alta y tuvimos que parar.

I just said that she played the song too loud and we had to stop.

— Anatomía de una caída (2023)

Tuvimos que caminar.

We had to walk.

Seamus y yo, nosotros, tuvimos que marcharnos.

Seamus and I, we had to leave.

— The Dreadful (2026)

No había trenes, así que tuvimos que caminar todo el rato.

There were no trains, so we had to walk the whole way.

Tuvimos que contratar a un abogado.

We had to hire a lawyer.

Tuvimos que esperar hasta que ella encontró una silla y se sentó.

We had to wait until she found a chair and sat down.

Tuvimos que irnos a Estados Unidos en corto tiempo.

We had to go to the United States in a short time.

No queríamos ir, pero tuvimos que hacerlo.

We didn't want to go, but we had to.

Tuvimos que llevarlo a la fuerza.

We had to take him by force.

No tuvimos que correr.

We didn’t have to run.

Tuvimos que pelear con Moro para traerte este arroz.

We had to fight with Moro to bring you this rice.

— La princesa Mononoke (1997)

Tuvimos que renunciar al azúcar.

We had to give up sugar.

— Arrietty y el mundo de los diminutos (2010)

Oh, Danny, sí, lamentablemente tuvimos que dejarla ir.

Oh, Danny, yes, unfortunately we had to let her go.

— Ahora me ves 3 (2025)

Tuvimos que ceder ante su solicitud.

We had to give in to their request.

Tuvimos que dejar la nave, digamos, precipitadamente.

We had to leave the ship, let's say, hastily.

— Astérix y Obélix: Misión Cleopatra (2002)

Éste lo tuvimos que encargar.

We had to order this one.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

Tuvimos que hacer a pie todo el camino a la estación.

We had to walk all the way to the station.

Tuvimos que jurar ante un tribunal que no te habíamos matado.

We had to swear before a court that we hadn't killed you.

— El tambor de hojalata (1979)

El plato llegó frío a la mesa y tuvimos que devolverlo.

The dish arrived cold at the table and we had to send it back.

Tuvimos que marcharnos enseguida.

We had to leave immediately.

Tuvimos que posponer la reunión a causa de la tormenta.

We had to postpone the meeting because of the storm.

Tuvimos que talar muchos árboles.

We had to cut down many trees.

No sé por qué tuvimos que venir aquí.

I don't know why we had to come here.

— Campo de sueños (1989)

Como nuestro taxi se averió en el camino, tuvimos que caminar hasta la estación.

Since our taxi broke down on the way, we had to walk to the station.

La gasolina se volvió tan cara que tuvimos que abandonar nuestro carro.

Gasoline became so expensive that we had to abandon our car.

Claro, tuvimos que devolver las invitaciones dos veces.

Of course, we had to return the invitations twice.

— Titanic (1997)

Tuvimos que buscar comida en las calles.

We had to look for food on the streets.

— La sirena (2016)

Tuvimos que cerrar las ventanas para que no entraran los mosquitos.

We had to close the windows so that the mosquitoes wouldn’t get in.

Tuvimos que esperar durante mucho tiempo.

We had to wait a long time.

Tuvimos que huir.

We had to flee.

— Buena suerte, pásalo bien, no mueras (2026)