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debíamos

should, were supposed to

d e ˈb i a m o s → deber
deb owe; must + íamos we imperfect
auxiliary · plural, imperfect tense Uncommon #22,997
should, were supposed to With an infinitive, expresses an obligation or what was expected in the past.
SP: Debíamos salir temprano.
EN: We were supposed to leave early.
Conjugation of deber
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third — debían
debíadebíasdebíamos

El doctor Wagner dijo que debíamos hablarte.

Dr. Wagner said we should talk to you.

— ¡Adiós Lenin! (2003)

Mi padre insistió en que debíamos ir.

My father insisted that we should go.

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)

Sugerí que debíamos quedarnos allí otro día más.

I suggested that we should stay there another day.

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.

— El Campo de los Sueños (1989)

Pensé que debíamos dejarlo.

I thought we should leave it.

— “Cumbres Borrascosas” (2026)

¡Siempre dije que debíamos poner ése dinero en un programa de acción social!

I always said we should put that money into a social action program!

— Akira (1988)

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)

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.

— Jean de Florette (1986)

Y nos dijo exactamente lo que debíamos oír.

And he told us exactly what we needed to hear.

— El sonido de la muerte (2026)

Pensé que no debíamos ir allí sin Tom.

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

Discutimos acerca de si debíamos cancelar la reserva.

We discussed whether we should cancel the reservation.

Les dije que no debíamos cruzar por aquí.

I told them we shouldn't cross here.

Te dije que debíamos quedarnos.

I told you we had to stay.

— El increíble castillo vagabundo (2004)

Asumí que había algo más que debíamos hacer.

I assumed there was something else we needed to do.

No debíamos de haber venido aquí.

We shouldn't have come here.

— Бриллиантовая рука (1969)

Sounds similar to

decíamos d e ˈs i a m o s