What's the difference between "dudo a" and "debido a"?

Question

dudo a and debido a

Answer 1

Hello,

Though Mariana has already given you the answer/difference but let me just expand on it a bit further so that you could understand it properly.

1.Dudo is not an expression per se, It is just the first party, present tense verb conjugation for the verb Dudar (which means to doubt) in the indicative mood (Yo Dudo, Tu Dudas, El,Ella, Ud Duda etc.) So If I am talking to some one and If I have doubt on or about some thing. I could say .. Dudo que mary venga a la fiesta (I doubt that mary would come to the party).

2.On the other hand "Debido a" is an adverbial expression which is derived from the verb "DEBER" which kind of means "to be under obligation to do some thing" (noun form : El Deber,, obligation to do something) .. So if you look at the meaning of the verb and the noun versions of this word ,, you would easily be able to appreciate the meaning of the adjective debido .. which means due (literally meaning .. due for an obligation but is often used figuratively) and this adjective debido when combined with the preposition a ,, gives birth to the adverbial expression "debido a" .. Hope you understand now.. Example .. El tiene una infeccion intestinal debido a la falta de higiene.

A great answer mate . - ray76, Mar 18, 2014

@ ray76 ,, thanks Sir - 00b055e0, Mar 18, 2014

Answer 2

Dudo = I doubt (I doubt that it will rain today)

Debido a = Due to (due to the rain this year we lost our crops)