tuvimos que

Tuvimos que mentir para protegernos.

We had to lie to protect ourselves.

Tuvimos que visitar a su jefe.

We had to visit his boss.

— Buenos Muchachos (1990)

No queríamos ir, pero tuvimos que hacerlo.

We didn't want to go, but we had to.

Anoche tuvimos que llamar a la policía.

Last night we had to call the police.

Tuvimos que esperar hasta que ella encontró una silla y se sentó.

We had to wait until she found a chair and sat down.

Éste lo tuvimos que encargar.

We had to order this one.

— Buenos Muchachos (1990)

Tuvimos que llevar a nuestra madre al hospital.

We had to take our mother to the hospital.

No tuvimos que correr.

We didn’t have to run.

Tuvimos que renunciar al azúcar.

We had to give up sugar.

— El mundo secreto de Arrietty (2010)

Tuvimos que dejar ir a Tom.

We had to let Tom go.

Tuvimos que irnos corriendo.

We had to run away.

Claro, tuvimos que devolver las invitaciones dos veces.

Of course, we had to return the invitations twice.

— Titanic (1997)

Sólo dije que puso la canción muy alta y tuvimos que parar.

I just said that she played the song too loud and we had to stop.

— Anatomía de una Caída (2023)

Tuvimos que quedarnos en casa por causa de la tormenta.

We had to stay home because of the storm.

No había trenes, así que tuvimos que caminar todo el rato.

There were no trains, so we had to walk the whole way.

Tuvimos que cerrar la ventana por los mosquitos.

We had to close the window because of the mosquitoes.

Tuvimos que hacerlo.

We had to do it.

— Locamente millonarios (2018)

Tuvimos que pelear con Moro para traerte este arroz.

We had to fight with Moro to bring you this rice.

— La princesa Mononoke (1997)

Nos tuvimos que aprender el poema de memoria.

We had to learn the poem by heart.

Tuvimos que buscar comida en las calles.

We had to look for food on the streets.

— Las Travesuras de una Sirena (2016)

Tuvimos que esperar un poco al autobús.

We had to wait a little while for the bus.

Nos quedamos sin nada, nos tuvimos que ir del país.

We were left with nothing, and we had to leave the country.

— Argentina 1985 (2022)

Tuvimos que mantenernos calientes.

We had to keep warm.

— El odio (1995)

No tuvimos que llamar al doctor.

We didn't have to call the doctor.

Tuvimos que suspender el juego por la lluvia.

We had to suspend the game due to the rain.

Tuvimos que dejarla ir.

We had to let her go.

Luego tuvimos que volver.

Then we had to go back.

— Avatar: Fuego y ceniza (2025)

Tuvimos que jurar ante un tribunal que no te habíamos matado.

We had to swear before a court that we hadn't killed you.

— Die Blechtrommel (1979)

Tuvimos que reaccionar rápidamente.

We had to react quickly.

Tuvimos que contratar a un abogado.

We had to hire a lawyer.

Tuvimos que huir.

We had to flee.

— Buena suerte, diviértete, no mueras (2026)

Tuvimos que posponer la reunión a causa de la lluvia.

We had to postpone the meeting because of the rain.

No sé por qué tuvimos que venir aquí.

I don't know why we had to come here.

— El Campo de los Sueños (1989)

Nos tuvimos que detener por dos horas en San Francisco debido a la niebla.

We had to stop for two hours in San Francisco because of the fog.

Tuvimos que caminar.

We had to walk.

Tuvimos que hacer a pie todo el camino a la estación.

We had to walk all the way to the station.

Tuvimos que marcharnos enseguida.

We had to leave immediately.

La gasolina se volvió tan cara que tuvimos que abandonar nuestro carro.

Gasoline became so expensive that we had to abandon our car.

Tuvimos que tirarla al foso, totalmente vestida.

We had to throw her into the pit, fully clothed.

— Los Visitantes (1993)

Tuvimos que llamar a una ambulancia.

We had to call an ambulance.

— Audición (2000)