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dovute

had to, been obliged to

→ dovere
dov must; owe + ute Feminine plural past participle
auxiliary · plural Rare #27,261
had to, been obliged to Used as the past participle of dovere; in these constructions it agrees with the feminine plural object or subject.
IT: Le ho dovute chiamare.
EN: I had to call them.
Conjugation of dovere
dovute

Le avresti dovute vedere.

You should have seen them.

Non sareste dovute venire qui.

You shouldn't have come here.

Non le avreste dovute uccidere.

You shouldn't have killed them.

Le avrebbe dovute vedere.

He/she should have seen them.

Le avreste dovute vedere.

You should have seen them.

Non le avremmo dovute lasciare andare.

We shouldn't have let them go.

Non saremmo dovute passare con il semaforo rosso.

We shouldn't have gone through the red light.

Voi non sareste dovute venire qui.

You shouldn't have come here.

Le avrebbe dovute chiamare.

He/She should have called them.

Vi sareste dovute scusare con Tom.

You should have apologized to Tom.

verb · plural, past tense Rare #39,676
had to This form agrees with a feminine plural subject, or with a preceding feminine plural object.
IT: Siamo dovute partire presto.
EN: We had to leave early.
Conjugation of dovere
Past
dovutodovutadovute

Le ho dovute licenziare.

I had to fire them.

Siamo dovute venire.

We had to come.

Noi ce ne siamo dovute andare.

We had to leave.

L'automobile si è rotta, quindi siamo dovute andare a piedi.

The car broke down, so we had to walk.

La macchina si è rotta, quindi siamo dovute andare a piedi.

The car broke down, so we had to walk.