had to
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.
We had to stop.
Tuvimos que reaccionar rápidamente.
We had to react quickly.
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.
We had to run away.