tuve que ir a

I had to go to

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I had to go to The destination can be a place or an action, as in “I had to go ask.”
SP: Tuve que ir a la farmacia.
EN: I had to go to the pharmacy.

Tuve que ir a urgencias.

I had to go to the emergency room.

Tuve que ir a Boston.

I had to go to Boston.

La última vez tuve que ir a Urgencias.

Last time I had to go to the ER.

Tuve que ir a Glendale a entregar una póliza para unos camiones.

I had to go to Glendale to deliver a policy for some trucks.

— Pacto de sangre (1944)

Y tuve que ir a lidiar con eso.

And I had to go and deal with that.

— Tren bala (2022)

Pero antes de poder celebrar tu primer cumpleaños, tuve que ir a prisión.

But before I could celebrate your first birthday, I had to go to prison.

— Señora venganza (2005)

Pero antes tuve que ir a Cambridge, a estudiar con Patrick Blackett.

But first, I had to go to Cambridge to study with Patrick Blackett.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Tuve que ir a preguntarle sobre mi tesis.

I had to go and ask him about my thesis.

— El conformista (1971)

Tuve que ir a Nueva York.

I had to go to New York.

— Scream 7 (2026)