| quizás |
| 1. adv. maybe, perhaps | |
| 2. adv. maybe, might (triggers the subjunctive) | |
| Quizás tenga que irme temprano. - I might have to leave early. | |
| Quizás no vaya allá este verano. - Maybe I won't go there this summer. | |
| deberías |
| 1. v. informal second-person singular conditional of deber | |
| deber |
| 1. v. to owe | |
| Debo mucho dinero. (I owe a lot of money.) | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) must, to need to, to have to (rarely used in the conditional with this meaning) | |
| Debo estudiar. (I must study.) | |
| Eso debe haber sido muy difícil. - That must have been really hard. | |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) should, to ought to, to be supposed to, to be to | |
| Debería haber un plan en marcha. - There should be a plan in place. | |
| La gente no debería mensajear y conducir. - People aren't supposed to text and drive. | |
| Deberías disculparte. - You ought to apologize. | |
| Usted debe despertarse antes del amanecer. - You are to be up before sunrise. | |
| Los niños deberían dormir un poco. - The children should get some sleep. | |
| 4. v. (auxiliary) should have (in the preterite; having haber follow "deber" is optional and not required) | |
| Debiste esperarme. - You should have waited for me. | |
| Debiste haberme esperado. - You should have waited for me. | |
| 5. v. (auxiliary) shall (future tense usually) | |
| 6. v. to be due to, to be attributable to, to be the result of, to be caused by | |
| 7. v. (with de and infinitive) probably or most likely do or happen something (add a degree of insecurity to the verb) | |
| Debes de viajar por avión, China está muy lejos. (You should probably travel by plane, China is very far away.) | |
| 8. n-m. obligation, duty | |
| 9. n-m. debt | |
| 10. n-m. should, ought (modal noun) | |
| 11. n-m. (usually in the plural) homework | |
| escuchar |
| 1. v. to listen to, to hear out | |
| ¿Has escuchado su último disco? - Have you listened to her latest record? | |
| 2. v. to listen | |
| Cállate y escucha. - Be quiet and listen. | |
| 3. v. (Latin America, informal) to hear | |
| Claudia trabajaba en su oficina cuando escuchó el staccato de chasquidos secos: pá-pá-pá. - Claudia was working in her office when she heard the staccato of dry clicks: bang-bang-bang. | |
