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Meaning of debeo | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

[ˈdeː.be.oː]

Definitions

to owe something, to be under obligation to and for something
conjugation-2
to be bound, in duty bound to do something; "ought", "must", "should"
conjugation-2
to be owed, to be due (when in passive voice)
conjugation-2
to have or keep from someone (in its original, etymological sense)
conjugation-2

Conjugation

Browse the table or drill it — all tenses, moods, and persons of debeo.

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Equivalents

Беларуская мусіць павінен

Български да дължа ще

বাংলা উচিত কথা

Bosanski bora debeo dever да нужно треба

Català deure

Čeština dlužit

Cymraeg dylu

Dansk burde skulle skylde

Deutsch dürfen schulden schuldig sein sollen sollen Werden

Ελληνικά θα πρέπει χρωστάω χρωστώ

English Have to must need Ought owe Shall should

Esperanto -u devi ŝuldi

Español adeudar deber estar en deuda

فارسی باید

Suomi kuulua pitää pitäisi tulla

Français devoir être obligé de informally or shall tu iras au bal!

Gaeilge bí ar

Galego deber

עברית אלו עתיד

Hrvatski bora debeo dever да нужно треба

Magyar alighanem bizonyára esetleg feltehetőleg kell kellene kéne netán tartozik véletlenül

Bahasa Indonesia harus sebaiknya

Italiano dovere essere in debito essere obbligato di

日本語べしましょうかものとするようか且借りがある可い宜当負う

ខ្មែរ គួរតែ

한국어 -ᆯ까 -ᆯ까요 -야 되다 -야 하다 -어야 하다 빚지고 있다 응당

Kurdî can can dever devî kenê

Македонски треба

Bahasa Melayu akan

Nederlands behoren moeten schuldig zijn zullen

Polski powinien powinno winić zawdzięczać

Português dever precisar ter de

Română datora

Русский будет быть быть в долгу́ быть должным быть обя́занным вероятно должен должна должно должно быть должны желательно задолжать мочь ну́жно обязан предположительно скоре́е всего́ следовать

Српски bora debeo dever да да нужно треба

Svenska böra borde ska skall skulle torde

Українська ва́рто винен винна зобов'я́заний ма́бу́ть мусити пе́вно пови́нен повинен слід

Tiếng Việt can phái tua 沛

Examples

“(passive voice of obligō only)”

“… nēmō sē iūdicet quicquam dēbēre quī tempus accēpit, cum interim hoc ūnum est quod nē grātus quidem potest reddere.”

[Yet] no one who receives [a gift of] time judges himself to owe anything [in return], when meanwhile this one [thing] is in fact what not even a grateful [person] is able to repay.

CEFR level

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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