íbamos a

we were going to

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phrase Common #6,534
we were going to Used to talk about something that was planned, expected, or about to happen.
SP: Íbamos a ver una película, pero nos quedamos en casa.
EN: We were going to watch a movie, but we stayed home.

No obstante, hoy íbamos a jugar juntos.

However, we were going to play together today.

— El gran diluvio (2025)

Yo debí haberte dicho que íbamos a venir.

I should have told you we were coming.

Nosotros íbamos a pasar la noche, de todos modos.

We were going to spend the night anyway.

— Ponyo y el secreto de la sirenita (2008)

No sabía que íbamos a tener compañía.

I didn't know we were going to have company.

Pensé que íbamos a hacer algo divertido.

I thought we were going to do something fun.

Estábamos juntos en esto desde el principio y no íbamos a rendirnos ahora.

We were in this together from the beginning and we weren't going to give up now.

Yo creía que íbamos a comer algo.

I thought we were going to get something to eat.

Pensé que todos íbamos a morir.

I thought we were all going to die.

Se suponía que íbamos a liquidar mi saldo hoy.

We were supposed to settle my balance today.

— Marty Supremo (2025)

Nunca íbamos a ser libres.

We were never going to be free.

— Pecadores (2025)

¿Cuántos días dijiste que nos íbamos a quedar acá?

How many days did you say we were going to stay here?

— Diarios de motocicleta (2004)

Íbamos a irnos el domingo.

We were going to leave on Sunday.

— Río Místico (2003)

Pensé que no íbamos a jugar más.

I thought we weren't going to play anymore.

¿En quién más íbamos a pensar?

Who else were we going to think of?

— ¿Está funcionando esto? (2025)

Pensé que íbamos a tratar de ser amigos.

I thought we were going to try to be friends.

Creí que solo íbamos a entrar e irnos inmediatamente.

I thought we were just going to get in and leave right away.

No íbamos a hacer eso.

We weren't going to do that.

Íbamos a cerrar el trato pero alguien le avisó.

We were going to close the deal but someone tipped him off.

¿Recuerdan lo que íbamos a hacer para su madre?

Do you remember what we were going to do for your mother?

— Hamnet (2025)

Pensé que íbamos a jugar béisbol.

I thought we were going to play baseball.

Prometiste que íbamos a ir a Italia.

You promised we were going to Italy.

— Vida solo hay una (2011)

¿Te acuerdas de cuando íbamos a verla, Isak?

Do you remember when we used to go see her, Isak?

— Fresas salvajes (1957)

Íbamos a pedírtelo.

We were going to ask you.

— La vida de los otros (2006)

Se suponía que íbamos a tomar un café, pero tengo un comercial.

We were supposed to have coffee, but I have a commercial.

— Laurence Anyways (2012)

Que yo y Amos íbamos a tener un bebé.

That Amos and I were going to have a baby.

— Chicago (2002)

Te dijimos que íbamos a salir ¿sí o no?

We told you we were going out, didn’t we?

— Bajocero (2021)

¿Ese es el tipo que íbamos a agarrar?

Is that the guy we were going to grab?

— Delicatessen (1991)

Íbamos a jugar al Scrabble.

We were going to play Scrabble.

— Lars y la chica real (2007)

¿Cómo no íbamos a hacerlo?

How could we not do it?

— Aún estoy aquí (2024)

Admito que sabíamos que íbamos a tener problemas.

I admit that we knew we were going to have problems.

— Moonrise Kingdom: Amor Infantil (2012)

¿Sabía que nos íbamos a pasar?

Did you know we were going to come over?

— Los lunes al sol (2002)

Dijimos que nunca íbamos a hablar de eso.

We said we were never going to talk about that.

— La historia oficial (1985)

No la íbamos a encontrar nunca.

We were never going to find her.

— La sociedad de la nieve (2023)

Que íbamos a envejecer juntos.

That we were going to grow old together.

Realmente creí que lo íbamos a hacer.

I really believed we were going to do it.

¿Cómo se suponía que íbamos a saberlo?

How were we supposed to know?

— El agente secreto (2025)

Íbamos a grabar un disco.

We were going to record an album.

— Nadie sabe (2004)

Pensé que no íbamos a hacer esto.

I thought we weren't going to do this.

Sabía que íbamos a ser amigos.

I knew we were going to be friends.

Sí, porque dijimos que íbamos a esperar.

Yes, because we said we were going to wait.

Dijiste que soñaste que íbamos a envejecer juntos.

You said you dreamed that we would grow old together.

Pensé que íbamos a salir a cenar.

I thought we were going out to dinner.

Íbamos a ver tu programa.

We were going to watch your show.

— Escondido (2005)

Ahora mi pregunta es, ¿Cómo supiste dónde nos íbamos a encontrar?

Now my question is, how did you know where we were going to meet?

— Proyecto: El Internado (2026)

Pensé que íbamos a hablar.

I thought we were going to talk.

Sabía que te íbamos a encontrar.

I knew we were going to find you.

Ahora mismo íbamos a hacerlo.

We were just about to do it.

— Akira (1988)

Yo le había dicho que cuando saliéramos que íbamos a empezar una relación.

I’d told him that once we went out, we were going to start a relationship.

— Argentina 1985 (2022)

Pensábamos que íbamos a servir al Señor.

We thought we were going to serve the Lord.

— Andrei Rublev (1966)

Ya me marchaba, íbamos a entrar en el local.

I was just leaving, we were about to go into the building.

— Buenos Muchachos (1990)

Íbamos a juntar los cabos sueltos.

We were going to tie up the loose ends.

— Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009)

Sinceramente creí que íbamos a ganar.

I honestly believed we were going to win.

¿Cómo no íbamos a tenerlas?

How could we not have them?

Hablamos un poco de lo que íbamos a hacer ese día.

We talked a little about what we were going to do that day.

— Anatomía de una Caída (2023)

Dijo que tenía un dolor de cabeza cuando íbamos a salir.

He said he had a headache when we were about to leave.

— 色‧戒 (2007)

¿Quién dijo que íbamos a morir?

Who said we were going to die?

Yo pensé que no te íbamos a volver a ver.

I thought we’d never see you again.

— Vuelven (2017)

Nos íbamos a casar en mayo, pero tuvimos que posponer la boda hasta junio.

We were going to get married in May, but we had to postpone the wedding until June.

¿Qué creíste que íbamos a traer?

What did you think we were going to bring?

— Arco (2025)

Una noche mi mamá dijo que íbamos a cenar pescado.

One night, my mom said we were going to have fish for dinner.

— Bardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades (2022)

Íbamos a ir a buscarlo.

We were going to go look for him.

— Psicosis (1960)

Pensé que no íbamos a ir allá.

I thought we weren’t going there.

Nos preguntábamos cómo íbamos a bajar este mueble.

We were wondering how we were going to get this piece of furniture down.

— Jean de Florette (1986)

Pensé que íbamos a salir.

I thought we were going out.