No. 2,927 in Spanish

tuvimos

"Had" (first-person plural preterite form of "tener").

In a sentence

Ayer tuvimos una reunión muy productiva en la oficina.
Yesterday we had a very productive meeting at the office.
In this sentence, 'tuvimos' is used in the first person plural (nosotros/as) preterite tense of the verb 'tener', meaning 'to have'. It refers to possessing or holding something, in this case, a meeting, in the past.
Durante el partido tuvimos que esforzarnos para ganar.
During the match, we had to make an effort to win.
'Tuvimos' here indicates a necessity or condition that was met in the past, coming from the verb 'tener' as well and showing an obligation or requirement in the context of making an effort.
Tuvimos suerte de encontrar un lugar tranquilo para descansar.
We were lucky to find a quiet place to rest.
In this example, 'tuvimos' expresses the possession or occurrence of something abstract, such as 'luck', in the past. It derives from the verb 'tener' in preterite tense.

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