deber

Significado (inglés)

Verb

1. (transitive) to owe
2. (auxiliary) must, to need to, to have to (rarely used in the conditional with this meaning)
3. (auxiliary) should, to ought to, to be supposed to, to be to
4. (auxiliary) should have (in the preterite; having haber follow "deber" is optional and not required)
5. (auxiliary,emphatic) shall (future tense usually)
6. (reflexive) to be due to, to be attributable to, to be the result of, to be caused by
7. probably or most likely do or happen something (add a degree of insecurity to the verb)

Noun

1. (masculine) obligation, duty
2. (masculine) debt
3. (masculine) should, ought (modal noun)
4. (masculine,plural-normally) homework

Guionizado como

de‧ber

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/deˈbeɾ/

Etimoloxía (inglés)

Inherited from Old Spanish dever, from Latin dēbēre (“owe”). Cognates include English due and debt.