Translation of "Debía" to English language:
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| Debía hacer algo. | I had to do something. |
| Tom debía haber sabido. | Tom should've known. |
| Debía impedir la guerra. | He had to prevent the war. |
| Alguien debía hacer algo. | Somebody had to do something. |
| Él le debía mucho. | He owed a lot to her. |
| Eso no debía pasar. | That should not have happened. |
| Debía parecer un hombre. | She had to look like a man. |
| Debía haber algo más. | There must be something else. |
| Se debía tomar una decisión. | A decision had to be made. |
| Qué debía haber dicho ella? | What would she have said? |
| Olvidé que te debía dinero. | I forgot I owed you money. |
| Tomás debía cambiar el pasado. | Tom had to change the past. |
| Tomás debía cambiar el futuro. | Tom had to change the future. |
| No sabía cuál debía comprar. | I didn't know which one I should buy. |
| Debía hacerse pasar por hombre. | She had to impersonate a man. |
| Pensé que debía contarles esto, | I thought I must tell you this. |
| Se preguntaban como debía escribirse . | They debated, should it have one S or two? |
| Opino que debía haberse rectificado. | There should be no illusions about this. |
| Yo sabía que Tom era quien debía decirle a Mary que ya no debía hacer eso. | I knew Tom was the one who was supposed to tell Mary not to do that anymore. |
| Él debía pagar sus propias deudas. | He had to pay his own debts. |
| Tom debía haber esperado a Mary. | Tom should've waited for Mary. |
| Pensé que debía ser algo así. | I thought it must be something like that. |
| Tom le debía dinero a Mary. | Tom owed Mary money. |
| No sé que debía haber hecho. | I don't know what I should've done. |
| Mary pensó que no debía hacerlo. | Mary thought she shouldn't do that. |
| Mary creía que no debía hacerlo. | Mary thought she shouldn't do that. |
| Deliberé sobre si debía decir algo. | I debated whether I should say anything. |
| Ella dijo que debía irse de inmediato. | She said she must leave at once. |
| Tom le debía mucho dinero a Mary. | Tom owed Mary a lot of money. |
| Ella sabía lo que se debía hacer. | She knew what needed to be done. |
| Tomás debía impedir que estallara la guerra. | Tom had to prevent the war from breaking out. |
| Me dijeron que debía ir al doctor. | They told me I should go to the doctor. |
| Y se suponía que debía hacerlo solo. | And I was supposed to do this alone. |
| Debía decir cada detalle de cada cosa. | I had to tell them every little detail of everything. |
| A pesar de que llovía, debía ir afuera. | Although it was raining, I had to go out. |
| Lo persuadí de que debía intentarlo de nuevo. | I persuaded him that he should try again. |
| Él me explicó cómo debía abordar la asignatura. | He enlightened me on how I should attack the subject. |
| Ella le dio el dinero que le debía. | She handed him the money that she owed him. |
| Tom no sabía con seguridad dónde debía ir. | Tom didn't know for certain where he should go. |
| Sentí que le debía a Tom una explicación. | I felt I owed Tom an explanation. |
| Tom me dijo que debía conseguirme una novia. | Tom told me I should get myself a girlfriend. |
| Mary me preguntó dónde debía dejar su abrigo. | Mary asked me where she should put her coat. |
| Así que sentí que debía hacer dos cosas. | So I felt that I needed to do two things. |
| Antes del amanecer Helgi debía retornar al Valhalla. | Before day broke, Helgi had to return to Valhalla. |
| Alemania también debía superar la catástrofe moral del nazismo. | Germany also had to overcome the moral catastrophe of Nazism. |