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1 ought to
ought to vb deber1 (moral obligation) deber2 (recommendation) deber, tener que■ you ought to hear him sing! ¡tendrías que oírlo cantar!3 (expectation) deber de■ they ought to be home by now ya deberían de estar en casa, seguramente ya estarán en casa -
2 ought
o:tnegative short form - oughtn't; verb1) (used to indicate duty; should: You ought to help them; He oughtn't to have done that.) deber2) (used to indicate something that one could reasonably expect; should: He ought to have been able to do it.) debertr[ɔːt]1 (moral obligation) deber2 (recommendation) deber, tener que■ you ought to hear him sing! ¡tendrías que oírlo cantar!3 (expectation) deber de■ they ought to be home by now ya deberían de estar en casa, seguramente ya estarán en casaought ['ɔt] v aux: deberyou ought to take care of yourself: deberías cuidarteaux.n.• algo s.m.• alguna cosa s.f.• cero s.m.• nada s.f.v.aux.• deber v.aux.v.invar.• deber v.ɔːtought to + inf1) (indicating obligation, desirability) debería (or deberías etc) + inf, debiera (or debieras etc) + infyou ought to be grateful — deberías or debieras estar agradecido, tendrías que estar agradecido
she ought not to have said that — no debería haber dicho eso, no tendría or no tenía que haber dicho eso
you ought to have seen her face! — tenías or tendrías que haber visto la cara que puso!
2) ( expressing logical expectation) debería (or deberías etc) + inf, debiera (or debieras etc) + infshe ought to be here by now — ya debería or debiera estar aquí
I
[ɔːt]MODAL VB1) (moral obligation) deberI ought to do it — debería hacerlo, debiera hacerlo
you ought to have seen him! — ¡tenías que haberle visto!
3) (probability) deber
II
[ɔːt]N = aught* * *[ɔːt]ought to + inf1) (indicating obligation, desirability) debería (or deberías etc) + inf, debiera (or debieras etc) + infyou ought to be grateful — deberías or debieras estar agradecido, tendrías que estar agradecido
she ought not to have said that — no debería haber dicho eso, no tendría or no tenía que haber dicho eso
you ought to have seen her face! — tenías or tendrías que haber visto la cara que puso!
2) ( expressing logical expectation) debería (or deberías etc) + inf, debiera (or debieras etc) + infshe ought to be here by now — ya debería or debiera estar aquí
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