tienen que haber

they must have

→ tener

phrase Rare #27,005

they must have Used to express a strong deduction about something that happened in the past, followed by a past participle: tienen que haber + participle.

SP: Tienen que haber llegado ya.

EN: They must have arrived by now.

Tienen que haber descubierto lo que pasaba.

They must have figured out what was going on.

Tienen que haber fracasado.

They must have failed.

Tienen que haber averiguado lo que pasó.

They must have found out what happened.

Tienen que haber descubierto qué pasó.

They must have discovered what happened.

Tienen que haber cometido un error.

They must have made a mistake.

Tienen que haber fallado.

They must have failed.

Se tienen que haber equivocado.

They must have made a mistake.

Tienen que haber acabado para el jueves.

They have to be finished by Thursday.

— La vida de los otros (2006)

Tienen que haber descubierto quién era yo.

They must have figured out who I was.

Tienen que haber sufrido un accidente.

They must have been in an accident.

Tienen que haber averiguado quién era yo.

They must have figured out who I was.