had to leave
La compañía tuvo que dejar marchar a muchos de sus empleados.
The company had to let many of its employees go.
En su escrito decía que tuvo que dejar lo que más le gustaba.
In his writing, he said that he had to give up what he liked most.
— Audition (2000)
Tuvo que dejar ir a su secretaria porque se casó.
He had to let his secretary go because she got married.
He had to leave the village.
Como él era pobre, tuvo que dejar la escuela.
Because he was poor, he had to drop out of school.
Tuvo que dejar la ciudad y mudarse a Berlín.
He had to leave the city and move to Berlin.