debido

Meaning

1. owed
2. due

Frequency

Hyphenated as

de‧bi‧do

Pronounced as (IPA)

/deˈbido/

Etymology

Past participle of deber.

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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Sentences

El lanzamiento se ha retrasado debido al mal tiempo
⌚

.

Launch has been delayed due to bad weather.

Debido a que en la película
📽️

Dorothy acepta a

los que son diferentes .

In the film, Dorothy is accepting of those who are different.

Debido a sus actuaciones en el Centro Cultural Zona Norte , se hizo famoso .

Due to his performances at the Zona Norte Cultural Center, he became famous.

Debido a su lenta recuperación , se le recomienda volver a

los Estados Unidos

.

Due to his slow recovery, he is encouraged to return to the United States.

Ello

debido a que el autor se había exiliado a

Europa , por razones políticas .

This was because the author had gone into exile in Europe, for political reasons.

La velocidad de las tropas es media a

lenta debido a sus formaciones .

The speed of the troops is medium to slow due to their formations.

Muere en una clínica de Madrid

debido a complicaciones hepáticas .

He died in a clinic in Madrid due to liver complications.

Debido al terremoto , quedaron inaccesibles varias cámaras subterráneas .

Due to the earthquake, several underground chambers were inaccessible.

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