deber
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
- dever (reintegrationist)
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese dever, from Latin dēbēre (“to owe”).
Verb edit
deber (first-person singular present debo, first-person singular preterite debín, past participle debido)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of deber
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) |
Second-person (ti) |
Third-person (el / ela / Vde.) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | deber | |||||
Personal | deber | deberes | deber | debermos | deberdes | deberen |
Gerund | ||||||
debendo | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | debido | debidos | ||||
Feminine | debida | debidas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | debo | debes | debe | debemos | debedes | deben |
Imperfect | debía | debías | debía | debiamos | debiades | debían |
Preterite | debín | debiches | debeu | debemos | debestes | deberon |
Pluperfect | debera | deberas | debera | deberamos | deberades | deberan |
Future | deberei | deberás | deberá | deberemos | deberedes | deberán |
Conditional | debería | deberías | debería | deberiamos | deberiades | deberían |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | deba | debas | deba | debamos | debades | deban |
Imperfect | debese | debeses | debese | debésemos | debésedes | debesen |
Future | deber | deberes | deber | debermos | deberdes | deberen |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | debe | deba | debamos | debede | deban | |
Negative (non) | non debas | non deba | non debamos | non debades | non deban |
Further reading edit
- “deber” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Interlingua edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
deber
- to have to
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of deber
infinitive | deber | ||
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participle | present | perfect | |
debente | debite | ||
active | simple | perfect | |
present | debe | ha debite | |
past | debeva | habeva debite | |
future | debera | habera debite | |
conditional | deberea | haberea debite | |
imperative | debe | ||
passive | simple | perfect | |
present | es debite | ha essite debite | |
past | esseva debite | habeva essite debite | |
future | essera debite | habera essite debite | |
conditional | esserea debite | haberea essite debite | |
imperative | sia debite |
Maltese edit
Root |
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d-b-r (negotiating) |
4 terms |
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
deber (imperfect jidbor, past participle midbur)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of deber | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | dbirt | dbirt | deber | dbirna | dbirtu | debru | |
f | debret | |||||||
imperfect | m | nidbor | tidbor | jidbor | nidbru | tidbru | jidbru | |
f | tidbor | |||||||
imperative | idbor | idbru |
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *dьbrь.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dəbə̏r or dẹ̄bər f
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading edit
- “deber”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish dever, from Latin dēbēre (“owe”). Cognates include English due and debt.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
deber (first-person singular present debo, first-person singular preterite debí, past participle debido)
- (transitive) to owe
- Debo mucho dinero.
- I owe a lot of money.
- (auxiliary) must, to need to, to have to (rarely used in the conditional with this meaning)
- (auxiliary) should, to ought to, to be supposed to, to be to
- Debería haber un plan en marcha.
- There should be a plan in place.
- La gente no debería mensajear y conducir.
- People aren't supposed to text and drive.
- Deberías disculparte.
- You ought to apologize.
- Usted debe despertarse antes del amanecer.
- You are to be up before sunrise.
- Los niños deberían dormir un poco.
- The children should get some sleep.
- (auxiliary) should have (in the preterite; having haber follow "deber" is optional and not required)
- Debiste esperarme.
- You should have waited for me.
- Debiste haberme esperado.
- You should have waited for me.
- (auxiliary, emphatic) shall (future tense usually)
- (reflexive with preposition a) to be due to, to be attributable to, to be the result of, to be caused by
- (with de and infinitive) probably or most likely do or happen something (add a degree of insecurity to the verb)
- Debes de viajar por avión, China está muy lejos.
- You should probably travel by plane, China is very far away.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of deber (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | deber | ||||||
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gerund | debiendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | debido | debida | |||||
plural | debidos | debidas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | debo | debestú debésvos |
debe | debemos | debéis | deben | |
imperfect | debía | debías | debía | debíamos | debíais | debían | |
preterite | debí | debiste | debió | debimos | debisteis | debieron | |
future | deberé | deberás | deberá | deberemos | deberéis | deberán | |
conditional | debería | deberías | debería | deberíamos | deberíais | deberían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | deba | debastú debásvos2 |
deba | debamos | debáis | deban | |
imperfect (ra) |
debiera | debieras | debiera | debiéramos | debierais | debieran | |
imperfect (se) |
debiese | debieses | debiese | debiésemos | debieseis | debiesen | |
future1 | debiere | debieres | debiere | debiéremos | debiereis | debieren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | debetú debévos |
deba | debamos | debed | deban | ||
negative | no debas | no deba | no debamos | no debáis | no deban |
Selected combined forms of deber
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Conjugation of deberse (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | deberse | ||||||
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gerund | debiéndose | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | debido | debida | |||||
plural | debidos | debidas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
personal non-finite | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
infinitive | deberme | deberte | deberse | debernos | deberos | deberse | |
gerund | debiéndome | debiéndote | debiéndose | debiéndonos | debiéndoos | debiéndose | |
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | me debo | te debestú te debésvos |
se debe | nos debemos | os debéis | se deben | |
imperfect | me debía | te debías | se debía | nos debíamos | os debíais | se debían | |
preterite | me debí | te debiste | se debió | nos debimos | os debisteis | se debieron | |
future | me deberé | te deberás | se deberá | nos deberemos | os deberéis | se deberán | |
conditional | me debería | te deberías | se debería | nos deberíamos | os deberíais | se deberían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | me deba | te debastú te debásvos2 |
se deba | nos debamos | os debáis | se deban | |
imperfect (ra) |
me debiera | te debieras | se debiera | nos debiéramos | os debierais | se debieran | |
imperfect (se) |
me debiese | te debieses | se debiese | nos debiésemos | os debieseis | se debiesen | |
future1 | me debiere | te debieres | se debiere | nos debiéremos | os debiereis | se debieren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | débetetú debetevos |
débase | debámonos | debeos | débanse | ||
negative | no te debas | no se deba | no nos debamos | no os debáis | no se deban |
Derived terms edit
- debería haber (“there should be”)
Related terms edit
Noun edit
deber m (plural deberes)
- obligation, duty
- Synonym: obligación
- debt
- Synonym: deuda
- should, ought (modal noun)
- (usually in the plural) homework
- Synonym: tarea
Further reading edit
- “deber”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014