ya nos

already ... us

→ ya

phrase Common #7,814

already ... us The exact meaning depends on the verb. “Ya” can mean “already” or “now,” and “nos” means “us” or “ourselves.”

SP: Ya nos llamaron esta mañana.

EN: They already called us this morning.

Ocurre que ya nos las han pagado.

It turns out they’ve already paid us for them.

Ya nos has robado suficiente.

You've already stolen enough from us.

— Devdas (2002)

Ya nos lo ha dicho ella.

She already told us.

Ya nos íbamos.

We were about to leave.

— Rebeca (1940)

Pero, en el colegio ya nos dan inglés.

But we already have English at school.

— O Som ao Redor (2012)

En los vagones ya nos habrían pillado.

They would have caught us in the train cars.

— Quieto, muere, resucita (1990)

Y ya nos llamamos para lo de la Filmoteca.

And we already called each other about the Film Library.

— Dolor y gloria (2019)

El Ministro y yo ya nos íbamos.

The Minister and I were already leaving.

Ya nos dormimos.

We fell asleep.

— El regreso (2003)

Ya nos la pondrán.

They'll install it for us eventually.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Ya nos vieron.

They already saw us.

— Jungla de cristal (1988)

Ahora ya nos tiene a los dos.

Now he has us both.

Lo ha hecho muy bien, ya nos resolvió todos los problemas.

He's done a great job, he's already solved all our problems.

— Tropa de élite (2007)

Olvídalo, los de Enchant ya nos cancelaron el contrato.

Forget it, the people at Enchant have already canceled our contract.

— Amores perros (2000)

Siento que ya nos habíamos visto en alguna parte de algún modo.

I feel like we had already met somewhere, somehow.

— Suzume (2022)

Ya nos podemos ir.

We can go now.

Si fueran deprisa ya nos habrían alcanzado.

If they were hurrying, they would have caught up with us by now.

— El salario del miedo (1953)

Si eso fuera cierto, ya nos habríamos enterado por las noticias.

If that were true, we would have already heard about it on the news.

A Eddie y a mí ya nos conocéis.

Eddie and I already know each other.

— Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Ya nos arreglaremos.

We'll sort ourselves out.

Ya nos conocíamos de antes, del curso del verano pasado.

We already knew each other from before, from last summer's course.

Ya nos sabemos la historia.

We already know the story.

— Atrápame si puedes (2002)