podíamos hacer

we could do

→ poder
phrase Rare #35,891
we could do Imperfect of poder + hacer; often used in phrases like lo menos que podíamos hacer (“the least we could do”).
SP: No sabíamos qué podíamos hacer para ayudar.
EN: We didn't know what we could do to help.

Pensé que lo menos que podíamos hacer era llevarte a casa.

I thought the least we could do was take you home.

— American Gangster (2007)

No podíamos hacer contacto sin cabello.

We couldn't make contact without hair.

— Bugonia (2025)

Para deshacerte de mí, podíamos hacer lo mismo.

To get rid of me, we could do the same thing.

— Contra la pared (2004)

Es lo menos que podíamos hacer.

It's the least we could do.

Hablamos sobre lo que podíamos hacer.

We talked about what we could do.

Tú y Einstein le dijeron a Roosevelt que podíamos hacer una bomba.

You and Einstein told Roosevelt that we could make a bomb.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Lo mínimo que podíamos hacer era llevarte a casa.

The least we could do was take you home.