Spanish Verb DEBER - to owe, to have to, must. A Top Ten Verb

Spanish Verb DEBER: to owe, must - conjugated

The Spanish for 'to owe' or 'to have to, must' is the regular ER Spanish verb deber.

Imagine that you OWE DE BEAR money and HAVE TO pay up. Deber is used for many idiomatic expressions.

DEBER is a REGULAR ER verb, and can be used a MODEL verb. Even the Spanish Bescherelle uses it as their model for ER verbs. Conjugate deber and you'll be able to conjugate all regular ER verbs.

Deber is one of the top 10 Spanish verbs.

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to owe, to have to, must: deber
You OWE DE BEAR and you HAVE TO pay.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE DEBER (to owe, to have to, must)
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb deber
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente owe, have to, must	debo	debes	debe	debemos	debéis	deben
Imperfect Imperfecto owed, had to	debía	debías	debía	debíamos	debíais	debían
Preterit Pretérito made, had to	debí	debiste	debió	debimos	debisteis	debieron
Future Futuro will owe, have to	deberé	deberás	deberá	deberemos	deberéis	deberán
Conditional Condicional would owe, have to	debería	deberías	debería	deberíamos	deberíais	deberían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may owe	deba	debas	deba	debemos	debáis	deban
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjuntivo may owe	debiera	debieras	debiera	debiéramos	debiereis	debieran
	debiese	debieses	debiese	debiésemos	debieseis	debiesen
Imperatives Spanish Verb deber - to owe, to have to, must
Imperative Imperativo owe!		debe!	deba!	debamos!	debed!	deban!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't owe!		no debas!	no deba!	no debamos!	no debáis!	no deban!
Compound Tenses of the Spanish Verb deber Past Participle: *debido*
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have owed	he debido	has debido	ha debido	hemos debido	habéis debido	han debido
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had owed	hube debido	hubiste debido	hubo debido	hubimos debido	hubisteis debido	hubieron debido
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had owed	había debido	habías debido	había debido	habíamos debido	habíais debido	habían debido
Present Perfect Subjunctive Presente perfecto may've owed, had to	haya debido	hayas debido	haya debido	hayamos debido	hayáis debido	hayan debido
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will've owed	habré debido	habrás debido	habrá debido	habremos debido	habréis debido	habrán debido
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would've owed	habría debido	habrías debido	habría debido	habríamos debido	habríais debido	habrían debido
Pluperfect Pluscuamperfecto may've owed	hubiera debido	hubieras debido	hubiera debido	hubiéramos debido	hubierais debido	hubieran debido
Pluperfect Pluscuamperfecto may've owed	hubiese debido	hubieses debido	hubiese debido	hubiésemos debido	hubieseis debido	hubiesen debido
Progressive Tenses deber Present Participle: debiendo - owing, having to
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am owing	estoy debiendo	estás debiendo	está debiendo	estamos debiendo	está debiendo	están debiendo
Preterit Progressive Pretérito was owing, having to	estuve debiendo	estuviste debiendo	estuvo debiendo	estuvimos debiendo	estuvisteis debiendo	estuvieron debiendo
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto had been owing	estaba debiendo	estabas debiendo	estaba debiendo	estábamos debiendo	estabais debiendo	estaban debiendo
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto will be owing	estaré debiendo	estarás debiendo	estará debiendo	estaremos debiendo	estaréis debiendo	estarán debiendo
Conditional Progressive Condicional perfecto would've been owing	estaría debiendo	estarías debiendo	estabría debiendo	estaríamos debiendo	estaríais debiendo	estarían debiendo
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo may've been owing	que ~ debiendo	que ~ debiendo	que ~ debiendo	que ~ debiendo	que ~ debiendo	que ~ debiendo

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USING the SPANISH VERB DEBER

Te debo. = I owe you. (informal)
¿Cuánto se debe? = How much is owed / do I/we owe you?
No me debes nada. = You don't owe me anything. (informal)

deber (de) + infinitive = to have to, must, probably.
Debe ser = It must be (unavoidably true).
Debe de ser = It must be (very probably).
Debo visitarla. = I must/have to visit her.
No debes mentir. = You must not lie.
Debe estar afuera. = S/he is probably outside.

deberse a algo = to be the cause of something.
deberse a alguien = to have a duty to someone.
el deber (nm) = duty.
los deberes (nmpl) = homework.

Paga lo que debes, sanarás del mal que tienes.
Out of debt, out of danger.
Literally: Pay what you owe, you will recover/heal from the evil/wrongs that you have/afflict you.

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