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contábamos con

we counted on

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we counted on Can also mean “we expected” or “we had,” depending on what follows.
SP: Contábamos con tu ayuda para terminar a tiempo.
EN: We were counting on your help to finish on time.

Nosotros no contábamos con tener huéspedes.

We weren't expecting to have guests.

— Los Visitantes (1993)

Contábamos con ello.

We were counting on it.

— Das Experiment (2001)

Y contábamos con ello.

And we were counting on it.

— Las diabólicas (1955)

Creía que contábamos con su apoyo.

I thought we had their support.

— Cónclave (2024)

Contábamos con esos dos años de trabajo.

We were counting on those two years of work.

— Il postino (1994)