Dictionary
debía
Meaning
first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of deber
Hyphenated as
de‧bí‧a
Pronounced as (IPA)
/deˈbia/
deber
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- to owe
- must, to need to, to have to (rarely used in the conditional with this meaning)
- should, to ought to, to be supposed to, to be to
- should have (in the preterite; having haber follow "deber" is optional and not required)
- shall (future tense usually)
- to be due to, to be attributable to, to be the result of, to be caused by
- probably or most likely do or happen something (add a degree of insecurity to the verb)
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