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nosotros hacíamos

we did, we were doing

a ˈθ i a m o s → hacer
hac do; make + íamos 1st person plural imperfect (indicative or subjunctive)
verb · first plural · imperfect indicative Uncommon #23,190
we did, we were doing Imperfect tense (past habitual/ongoing): used for actions in progress or repeated in the past.
SP: Cuando éramos niños, hacíamos castillos de arena en la playa.
EN: When we were kids, we used to make sandcastles at the beach.
Conjugation of hacer
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First hacía hacíamos
Second hacías —
Third hacía hacían
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First hacía hiciéramos
Second hacías —
Third hacía hacían
hiciese

No pienso que ayudara lo que hacíamos.

I don't think what we were doing helped.

En Pernambuco hacíamos un concurso para ver quien tenía el pito más grande.

In Pernambuco, we used to hold a contest to see who had the biggest cock.

— Diarios de motocicleta (2004)

Y luego hacíamos brazaletes.

And then we made bracelets.

— System crasher (2019)

Hacíamos un espectáculo con textos de Boris Vian.

We were doing a show with texts by Boris Vian.

— Todo sobre mi madre (1999)

Lo hacíamos con árboles podridos.

We used to do it with rotten trees.

— System crasher (2019)

No llamaste a la policía porque sabías que hacíamos lo correcto.

You didn't call the police because you knew we were doing the right thing.

— Contratiempo (2017)

Ella parecía aburrirse mientras hacíamos el amor.

She seemed bored while we were making love.

Así que es lo que hacíamos.

So that's what we did.

— La vida de Adèle (2013)

Antes lo hacíamos continuamente.

We used to do it all the time.

— Oh Boy (2012)

Siempre lo hacíamos todo juntos y éramos siempre los mismos.

We always did everything together and we were always the same people.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

Lo hacíamos bien.

We were doing well.

— Eternity (2025)

Fui a casa de mis padres el domingo y comimos todos juntos como hacíamos antes.

I went to my parents' house on Sunday and we all ate together like we used to.

Y lo hacíamos ahí mismo, a ambos lados de la pantalla.

And we did it right there, on both sides of the screen.

— Dolor y gloria (2019)

Hasta nos hacíamos amigos de los familiares de los guardias.

We even became friends with the guards' families.

— Carandiru (2003)

Sounds similar to

habíamos a ˈb i a m o s haríamos a ˈɾ i a m o s