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debíamos

we should, we were supposed to

d e ˈb i a m o s → deber
deb owe; must + íamos we imperfect
auxiliary · plural · imperfect indicative Uncommon #20,679
we should, we were supposed to Imperfect tense (past), used to talk about what was expected or necessary at that time.
SP: Debíamos estudiar más para el examen.
EN: We should have studied more for the exam.
Conjugation of deber
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third — debían
debíadebíasdebíamos

Pensé que no debíamos ir allí sin Tom.

I thought we weren’t supposed to go there without Tom.

Pero el juez dijo que debíamos tomarlo de ejemplo.

But the judge said we should take it as an example.

— Un día de furia (1993)

No debíamos de haber venido aquí.

We shouldn't have come here.

— El brazo de brillantes (1969)

A Annie se le metió en la cabeza que debíamos comprar una granja.

Annie got it into her head that we should buy a farm.

— Campo de sueños (1989)

El doctor Wagner dijo que debíamos hablarte.

Dr. Wagner said we should talk to you.

— Good bye, Lenin! (2003)

Pensé que debíamos dejarlo.

I thought we should leave it.

— “Cumbres Borrascosas” (2026)

Mi padre insistió en que debíamos ir.

My father insisted that we should go.

Te dije que debíamos quedarnos.

I told you we had to stay.

— El castillo ambulante (2004)

Sugerí que debíamos quedarnos allí otro día más.

I suggested that we should stay there another day.

Les dije que no debíamos cruzar por aquí.

I told them we shouldn't cross here.

Asumí que había algo más que debíamos hacer.

I assumed there was something else we needed to do.

Pero en mayo debíamos tener seis días de lluvia y sólo tuvimos tres.

But in May we were supposed to have six days of rain and we only had three.

— El manantial de las colinas (1986)

Discutimos acerca de si debíamos cancelar la reserva.

We discussed whether we should cancel the reservation.

Pensé que debíamos celebrarlo.

I thought we should celebrate it.

— Control (2007)

Debíamos encontrarnos aquí para ir a un restaurante.

We were supposed to meet here to go to a restaurant.

— Guardianes del día (2006)

Y nos dijo exactamente lo que debíamos oír.

And he told us exactly what we needed to hear.

— Whistle: El silbido del mal (2026)

Sounds similar to

decíamos d e ˈs i a m o s