ought
UK: /ɔːt/ US: /ɑːt/Translation
v [modal]
› (obligación)
⇨ deber
I ought to go now Debería irme ya
You ought to take a taxi if you want to get there on time Deberías tomar un taxi si quieres llegar a tiempo
They ought to have behaved better Deberían haberse comportado mejor
› (probabilidad)
⇨ deber de
Pamela ought to be home by now Pamela debe de estar ya en casa
■ constr. ought + to do sth(Definition of ought v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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