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should [ʃʊd]
modal auxiliar verbo
La forma negativa should not se transforma en shouldn't.
1. (expressing obligations, recommendations, instructions)
- you should do it at once -> deberías hacerlo inmediatamente
- you shouldn't laugh at him -> no deberías reírte de él
- you should have come earlier -> deberías haber venido antes
- he shouldn't have told them -> no debería habérselo dicho
- a present?, oh you shouldn't have! -> ¿un regalo? ¡no tenías que haberte molestado!
- you should have seen the expression on his face! -> ¡tendrías que haber visto la cara que puso!
- you should read the instructions carefully -> lea detenidamente las instrucciones
2. (expressing probability)
- the weather should improve from now on -> a partir de ahora, el tiempo debería mejorar
- she should have arrived by this time -> a estas horas ya debe de haber llegado
3. (in exclamations, in rhetorical questions)
- why should you suspect me? -> ¿por qué habrías de sospechar de mí?
- who should I meet but Martin! -> y ¿a quién me encontré? ¡a Martin!
- he apologized — I should think so, too! -> se disculpó — ¡es lo mínimo que podía hacer!
4. (in subordinate clauses)
- he ordered that they should be released -> ordenó que los liberaran
- she insisted that he should wear his hair short -> insistió en que llevase el pelo corto
5. (in conditional clauses)
- if he should come ->
- should he come, let me know (or Formal) -> si viene, avísame
- if you should have any difficulty, phone this number -> si tuviera algún problema, llame a este número
6. (expressing opinions, preferences)
- I should like a drink -> me gustaría or apetecería tomar algo (español de España)
- we should want to know if there was anything seriously wrong -> si algo va muy mal, nos gustaría saberlo
- I should imagine he was rather angry! -> ¡me imagino que estaría bastante enfadado or (especialmente español de España) enojado! (especialmente Am)
- I shouldn't be surprised if… -> no me sorprendería que…
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should [shud]
- I should go -> yo iría o yo debería ir
- If I should go -> si yo fuese
- You should go -> usted debería ir
- You should tell him -> deberías decírselo
- I should be very sorry, yo lo sentiría mucho. Why should I -> ¿por qué yo
- Should I do that -> ¿debería yo hacer eso
- Shoul -> se encuentra también solo en la oración para evitar la repetición del verbo que se ha usado inmediatamente antes
- Should be -> expresión muy común que se usa casi siempre irónicamente para expresar que una persona o cosa no es lo que debería ser
- For fear he shoud fall -> por temor de que él se cayese
- I should have seen you earlier -> yo debería haberle visto a usted más temprano
- She should be there by now -> ella debería haber llegado ya
- Should he not come in a day or two -> si no viniese dentro de uno o dos días
pret. de SHALL. Indica un tiempo condicional y en general se usa en los mismos casos en que se emplea shall en el futuro de indicativo, aunque el uso de should no es tan fijo como el de shall. Should, se usa muy frecuentemente como verbo defectivo con la significación de deber o haber de., ¿por qué lo voy a hacer?
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