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to owe

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. must, to need to, to have to (rarely used in the conditional with this meaning)
  2. should, to ought to, to be supposed to, to be to
  3. should have (in the preterite; having haber follow "deber" is optional and not required)
  4. shall

Equivalents

Españoldeber
Deutschschuldenverdanken
日本語借りる
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CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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to paint to participate to pass to pass a law to pass away to pass by

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