Sentence examples of "deben" in Spanish

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Mis hijos deben quedarse adentro después de que oscurece. My children have to stay indoors after dark.
Ninguno de nosotros quiere ir, pero usted o su mujer deben ir. None of us want to go, but either you or your wife has to go.
Los fiscales deben sostener sus demandas en la corte para probar que un sospechoso es culpable. Prosecutors in court have to substantiate their claims in order to prove a suspect is guilty.
La medida debe ser exacta. The measurement has to be exact.
Tom no me debe nada. Tom doesn't owe me anything.
Si los hombres fueran ángeles, no sería necesario ningún gobierno. Si los ángeles gobernaran a los hombres, no sería necesario ningún control externo ni interno sobre el gobierno. Al formar un gobierno que va a ser administrado por hombres sobre hombres, la gran dificultad reside aquí: debes primero permitir al gobierno controlar a los gobernados y después obligarlo a controlarse a sí mismo. If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
Deberemos esperar al próximo día. We'll have to wait for the next day.
Ella me debe mucho dinero. She owes me a lot of money.
Tom deberá salir del edificio. Tom will have to leave the building.
Nick me debe diez dólares. Nick owes me ten dollars.
Debes creer en ti mismo. You have to believe in yourself.
Él me debe mucho dinero. He owes me a lot of money.
Debes respetar a los mayores. You have to respect the old.
Te debo 3.000 yenes. I owe you 3,000 yen.
Debes proteger a tu familia. You have to protect your family.
Le debo 1.000 dólares. I owe him 1,000 dollars.
Debo decirle la verdad mañana. I have to tell her the truth tomorrow.
Le debo algo de dinero. I owe him some money.
Se debía tomar una decisión. A decision had to be made.
Olvidé que te debía dinero. I forgot I owed you money.
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