debí

B1Rank #1515

I should have, I had to (preterite form of deber)

Part of speech
verb
Frequency rank
#1515 of 5,000

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"debí" in example sentences

"debí" appears in 56 of 223,093 short Tatoeba Spanish sentences that have an English translation. Here are 3 of them.

No debí haber hecho eso. Lo siento.

I shouldn't have done that. I'm sorry.

Tatoeba #1307488

Tal vez no debí haber hecho eso.

Maybe I shouldn't have done that.

Tatoeba #1481566

No debí haber hecho eso.

I shouldn't have done that.

Tatoeba #1307487

Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR.

Words often found with "debí"

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