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avrebbero dovuto

should have

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phrase Rare #26,577
should have Used to talk about something that was expected, necessary, or advisable in the past, but did not happen or was not done.
IT: Avrebbero dovuto chiamarci prima.
EN: They should have called us earlier.

Signor Pires, molti di noi avrebbero dovuto essere già fuori!

Mr. Pires, many of us should have been out by now!

— Carandiru (2003)

Mi avrebbero dovuto pagare loro a me per romperlo.

They should have paid *me* to break it.

— I lunedì al sole (2002)

O'Malley e Rodriguez, che cosa avrebbero dovuto dire?

O'Malley and Rodriguez, what were they supposed to say?

— Codice d'onore (1992)

Avrebbero dovuto fuggire subito.

They should have fled immediately.

— Il castello nel cielo (1986)

Tom e Mary probabilmente hanno fatto qualcosa che non avrebbero dovuto fare.

Tom and Mary probably did something they shouldn't have done.

Avrebbero dovuto vedermi alle Olimpiadi.

They should have seen me at the Olympics.

— Tempo d'estate (1955)

Forse le avrebbero dovuto dire la verità.

Maybe they should have told her the truth.

Avrebbero dovuto fermarci alla porta.

They should have stopped us at the door.

— Marty Supreme (2025)

La leggenda dice che viene ai bambini che non avrebbero dovuto mai nascere.

Legend has it that it comes to children who should never have been born.

— La spina del diavolo (2001)

Avrebbero dovuto suonare qualcosa di Harry Belafonte.

They should have played something by Harry Belafonte.

— Vi presento Toni Erdmann (2016)

phrase Rare #43,261
should have Used to say something was expected, necessary, or the right thing in the past, but did not happen. Also can mean 'were supposed to have' depending on context.
IT: Avrebbero dovuto chiamarmi ieri.
EN: They should have called me yesterday.

Sirene ed esseri umani avrebbero dovuto convivere fianco a fianco.

Mermaids and humans were supposed to coexist side by side.

— The Mermaid (2016)

I Cieli non avrebbero dovuto lasciarli in vita.

The Heavens should not have let them live.

— 哪吒之魔童降世 (2019)

E gli altri due avrebbero dovuto farlo per forza.

And the other two would have had to do it anyway.

— Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)

Tom e Mary hanno detto che sapevano che avrebbero dovuto farlo da soli.

Tom and Mary said they knew they would have to do it themselves.