debió

B1Rank #1646

he/she/it should have, had to (preterite form of deber)

Part of speech
verb
Frequency rank
#1646 of 5,000

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"debió" in example sentences

"debió" appears in 40 of 223,093 short Tatoeba Spanish sentences that have an English translation. Here are 3 of them.

Ella debió haber tenido más cuidado.

She should have been more careful.

Tatoeba #735836

¡Jamás debió haber ido en primer lugar!

She should never have gone in the first place!

Tatoeba #2042126

Él debió haber sido abogado.

He should have been a lawyer.

Tatoeba #1454121

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