must
/mʌst, məst, məs/Translation
v [modal]
› (obligación)
⇨ deber
You must see that film Debes ver esa película
⇨ tener que
I must go Me tengo que ir
■ Se utiliza generalmente cuando la obligación es de carácter personal. Comparar con have to› (probabilidad)
⇨ deber de
He must be Italian Debe de ser italiano
The referee must have seen something El árbitro debe de haber visto algo
■ constr. 1. must + do sth 2. must + have + participio de pasado ■ No se utiliza con tiempos pasados, para ello se emplea had to(Definition of must v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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