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deba

-eba

must, should

  • Translations

Verb deba

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of deber.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) present subjunctive form of deber.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of deber.

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Examples

  • No creo que la gente deba hacer una montaña de un grano de arena.

    I don't think people should make a mountain of a mole hill.

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  • Quizá Tom deba poner más atención en clase.

    Maybe Tom should pay more attention in class.

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  • Cambiando lo que se deba cambiar.

    By changing those things which need to be changed.

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  • Puede que no deba decírtelo, pero estoy realmente fascinado por tu belleza.

    Maybe I shouldn't tell you this, but I am truly mesmerized by your beauty.

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  • No creo que se deba vivir en un país donde se hable el idioma que uno está estudiando para llegar a hablarlo, pero ciertamente sí hace falta tener un contacto real con el idioma para dominarlo con fluidez total.

    I do not think that you should live in a country where people speak your goal language in order to be able to speak it, but certainly you need a real contact with the language in order to command it perfectly.

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  • Es una pena que él deba permanecer en cama enfermo.

    It's a pity that he should be ill in bed.

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  • Tom no cree que Mary deba conducir hasta casa porque ha estado bebiendo.

    Tom doesn't think Mary should drive home since she's been drinking.

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  • Tom no ha hecho nada de lo que deba avergonzarse.

    Tom hasn't done anything to be ashamed of.

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  • Es natural que él deba rechazar esa demanda.

    It is natural that he should refuse that request.

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  • No creo que deba quejarme tanto.

    I don't think I should complain so much.

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