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eu devesse

should, ought to

→ dever
dev owe + esse imperfect subjunctive (eu/ele/ela/você)
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Uncommon #17,899
should, ought to Often used with talvez (“maybe/perhaps”) to express uncertainty about what someone should do.
PO: Talvez eu não devesse sair agora.
EN: Maybe I shouldn't leave now.
Conjugation of dever
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First devesse —
Third devesse —

Talvez eu não devesse ter contado isso ao Tom.

Maybe I shouldn't have told Tom that.

Bem, talvez devesse.

Well, maybe I should.

— Marty Supreme (2025)

Talvez você não devesse me contar.

Maybe you shouldn't tell me.

Talvez alguém devesse explicar a ele quem eu sou.

Maybe someone should explain to him who I am.

— Peaky Blinders: O Homem Imortal (2026)

Talvez não devesse ir.

Maybe I shouldn't go.

— A Experiência (2001)

Não acho que você devesse fazer isso.

I don't think you should do that.

Eu tinha visto coisas incríveis, mas talvez não devesse contar a ninguém.

I had seen incredible things, but maybe I shouldn’t tell anyone.

Ou talvez você não devesse me trazer todo o lixo que acha por aí.

Or maybe you shouldn't bring me all the junk you find lying around.

— Clube da Luta (1999)

Talvez o Tom devesse morar com os avós em Boston.

Perhaps Tom should live with his grandparents in Boston.

Talvez ele devesse ter vivido bem.

Perhaps he should have lived well.

— Queen (2014)

Eu não acho que você devesse fazer isso.

I don't think you should do that.

Talvez alguém devesse perguntar aos Soubeyrans.

Maybe someone should ask the Soubeyrans.

— Jean de Florette (1986)

Talvez o senhor devesse contar a ele a verdade.

Perhaps you should tell him the truth.

Talvez a senhora devesse lhe contar a verdade.

Perhaps you should tell him the truth.

Alguma coisa que eu devesse saber?

Is there anything I should know?

Embora ele as devesse adorar.

Although he should have adored them.

— O Homem da Terra (2007)

Eu não acho que você devesse ir para lá de carro.

I don’t think you should drive there.

Talvez o menininho que pescava no píer devesse estar na escola.

Maybe the little boy fishing on the pier should have been in school.

Talvez você não devesse contar para o Tom.

Maybe you shouldn't tell Tom.