debo

i must, must


Examples
  • Haga el favor de avisarme cuando debo bajar.

    Please let me know when I should get off.

  • Debo confesar que mi teoría no da cuenta de ese hecho.

    I must confess that my theory doesn't account for that fact.

  • Debo usar botas.

    I have to wear boots.

  • Os debo a vosotros lo que ahora soy.

    I owe what I am today to you.

  • Debo hablar contigo a solas.

    I must speak with you alone.

  • Le debo mi éxito al hecho de que nunca he tenido un reloj en mi lugar de trabajo.

    I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom.

  • Le debo mucho a Tom.

    I owe Tom a great deal.

  • Si le debo dinero a una persona, no puedo pagarle, y él me amenaza con meterme a prisión, otra persona puede cargarse la deuda a si mismo y pagarla por mí.

    If I owe a person money, and cannot pay him, and he threatens to put me in prison, another person can take the debt upon himself, and pay it for me.

  • Dígame qué bus debo tomar para llegar a la estación, por favor.

    Please tell me which bus to take to get to the station.

  • Debo vivir con las consecuencias de las decisiones que he tomado.

    I must live with the consequences of the choices I've made.

  • Debo salir de aquí hoy.

    I must leave here today.

  • Debo decir que en realidad no parecían sorprendidos.

    I must say that they didn’t really seem surprised.

  • Estoy cansado; sin embargo, debo terminar mi tarea.

    I am tired; nevertheless, I must finish my homework.

  • Yo debo haberlo soñado.

    I must have dreamt it.

  • Yo debo verlo.

    I must see it.

  • Le debo una sincera disculpa.

    I owe you a sincere apology.

  • Debo confesar que aún no lo he leído.

    I must confess I haven't read it yet.

  • Debo estar acercándome.

    I must be getting close.

  • Debo de estar acercándome.

    I must be getting close.

  • Ya son las once en punto. Debo irme ahora.

    It's already eleven o'clock. I must be leaving now.


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