Deber - to owe / must / should

Conjugations

Indicative Present

PersonConjugationEnglish
yodeboI must
debesyou must
nosotros/asdebemoswe must
él/ella/usteddebehe must
ellos/ellas/ustedesdebenthey must

Indicative Present Continuous

PersonConjugationEnglish
yoestoy debiendoI am owing
estás debiendoyou are owing
nosotros/asestamos debiendowe are owing
él/ella/ustedestá debiendohe is owing
ellos/ellas/ustedesestán debiendothey are owing

Indicative Preterite

PersonConjugationEnglish
yodebíI had to
debisteyou had to
nosotros/asdebimoswe had to
él/ella/usteddebióhe had to
ellos/ellas/ustedesdebieronthey had to

Indicative Imperfect

PersonConjugationEnglish
yodebíaI used to have to
debíasyou used to have to
nosotros/asdebíamoswe used to have to
él/ella/usteddebíahe used to have to
ellos/ellas/ustedesdebíanthey used to have to

Indicative Future

PersonConjugationEnglish
yodeberéI will have to
deberásyou will have to
nosotros/asdeberemoswe will have to
él/ella/usteddeberáhe will have to
ellos/ellas/ustedesdeberánthey will have to

Indicative Informal Future

PersonConjugationEnglish
yovoy a deberI am going to have to
vas a deberyou are going to have to
nosotros/asvamos a deberwe are going to have to
él/ella/ustedva a deberhe is going to have to
ellos/ellas/ustedesvan a deberthey are going to have to

Conditional

PersonConjugationEnglish
yodeberíaI should/would have to
deberíasyou should/would have to
nosotros/asdeberíamoswe should/would have to
él/ella/usteddeberíahe should/would have to
ellos/ellas/ustedesdeberíanthey should/would have to

Indicative Present Perfect

PersonConjugationEnglish
yohe debidoI have had to
has debidoyou have had to
nosotros/ashemos debidowe have had to
él/ella/ustedha debidohe has had to
ellos/ellas/ustedeshan debidothey have had to

Indicative Past Perfect

PersonConjugationEnglish
yohabía debidoI had had to
habías debidoyou had had to
nosotros/ashabíamos debidowe had had to
él/ella/ustedhabía debidohe had had to
ellos/ellas/ustedeshabían debidothey had had to

Indicative Future Perfect

PersonConjugationEnglish
yohabré debidoI will have had to
habrás debidoyou will have had to
nosotros/ashabremos debidowe will have had to
él/ella/ustedhabrá debidohe will have had to
ellos/ellas/ustedeshabrán debidothey will have had to

Conditional Perfect

PersonConjugationEnglish
yohabría debidoI would have had to
habrías debidoyou would have had to
nosotros/ashabríamos debidowe would have had to
él/ella/ustedhabría debidohe would have had to
ellos/ellas/ustedeshabrían debidothey would have had to

Subjunctive Present

PersonConjugationEnglish
yodebaI must
debasyou must
nosotros/asdebamoswe must
él/ella/usteddebahe must
ellos/ellas/ustedesdebanthey must

Subjunctive Imperfect

PersonConjugationEnglish
yodebieraI had to
debierasyou had to
nosotros/asdebiéramoswe had to
él/ella/usteddebierahe had to
ellos/ellas/ustedesdebieranthey had to

Subjunctive Future

PersonConjugationEnglish
yodebiereI will have to
debieresyou will have to
nosotros/asdebiéremoswe will have to
él/ella/usteddebierehe will have to
ellos/ellas/ustedesdebierenthey will have to

Subjunctive Present Perfect

PersonConjugationEnglish
yohaya debidoI have had to
hayas debidoyou have had to
nosotros/ashayamos debidowe have had to
él/ella/ustedhaya debidohe has had to
ellos/ellas/ustedeshayan debidothey have had to

Subjunctive Past Perfect

PersonConjugationEnglish
yohubiera debidoI had had to
hubieras debidoyou had had to
nosotros/ashubiéramos debidowe had had to
él/ella/ustedhubiera debidohe had had to
ellos/ellas/ustedeshubieran debidothey had had to

Subjunctive Future Perfect

PersonConjugationEnglish
yohubiere debidoI will have had to
hubieres debidoyou will have had to
nosotros/ashubiéremos debidowe will have had to
él/ella/ustedhubiere debidohe will have had to
ellos/ellas/ustedeshubieren debidothey will have had to

Imperative Affirmative

PersonConjugationEnglish
debemust!
nosotros/asdebamoslet’s have to!
él/ella/usteddebamust! (formal)
ellos/ellas/ustedesdebanmust! (formal pl.)

Imperative Negative

PersonConjugationEnglish
no debasyou must not!
nosotros/asno debamoslet’s not have to!
él/ella/ustedno debamust not! (formal)
ellos/ellas/ustedesno debanmust not! (formal pl.)

Non-Finite Forms

FormConjugationEnglish
Infinitivedeberto owe/must/should
Gerunddebiendoowing
Past Participledebidoowed/had to