debe

Meaning

(form-of,indicative,present,singular,third-person) inflection of deber:
(form-of,imperative,second-person,singular) inflection of deber:

Frequency

Hyphenated as

de‧be

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdebe/

New

deber

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)

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El corte debe dejar al menos cuatro
4

cartas en cada parte del mazo
🔨

.

The cut must leave at least four cards in each packet.

Cuando se produce por una compensación , se debe tratar la causa original .

When it occurs for compensation, the original cause must be addressed.

Mientras trabaje , un
🅰️

empleado debe trabajar un
🅰️

mínimo de dos
2

horas diarias .

While working an employee must work a minimum of two hours in a day.

La relación entre la Corte y

la Comisión debe ser concretada en un
🅰️

futuro .

The relationship between the newly created Court and the Commission is yet to be determined.

Mark debe permanecer en Nueva Jersey para ser tratado en el Hospital
🏥

Escuela
🏫

Princeton-Plainsboro.

Mark must remain in New Jersey to be treated at Princeton-Plainsboro School Hospital.

Para los híbridos se elige , igualmente , el parámetro que se debe anular .

For hybrids, the parameter to be overridden is also chosen.

Debe su denominación a la peculiar cantidad de árboles que rodean el recinto .

It owes its name to the peculiar number of trees that surround the enclosure.

Debe tenerse en cuenta
🔢

que Carranza fue gobernador de Honduras

.

It should be noted that Carranza was governor of Honduras.

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