Debería haberlo sabido

Question

Hola,

Estoy leyendo Harry Potter y no comprendo esta frase:

Debería haberlo sabido

my best shot is: He (I) should have known it.

The sentences that precedes this one is: Rió entre dientes y murmuró:

Answer 1

Yep. I should have known.

Answer 2

I should have known.

The Spanish HP books don't change much from the English HP books, when in doubt of a phrase, your best bet is to find the corresponding phrase in the English books .

In this example, the English versions says: He chuckled and muttered, “I should have known.”

and the Spanish version: Rió entre dientes y murmuró: —Debería haberlo sabido.

Answer 3

Debería haberlo sabido

my best shot is: He (I) should have known it.

It depends on the context, but as he is talking to himself, it should be:

I should have known.

Answer 4

I'm wondering if the phrase means:

"I/he/she/you would/could have to have it Saturday."

I'm thinking that perhaps the "sabido" is actually "sábado".

I doubt it, since sábado is completely out of the context and it would be a translation error then - Petirrojo, May 10, 2010

That translation (or guess) is way off, Pajaro. - --Mariana--, May 10, 2010

Thanks for your comments. Guess I need to read some Harry Potter books! - Pajaro44, May 11, 2010

Answer 5

Which Harry Potter and what page? Someone can look it up although it's probably a page number or two higher in the Spanish.

I can't believe that the English is anything but "I should have known" as Ii can hear it in my mind in those unmistakable tones of the film HP.

Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal page 15. In fact I have a photo of this page right here: http://users.skynet.be/bs678216/721.jpg almost bottom of the page - Petirrojo, May 10, 2010

Answer 6

"He (I) would have to have known it."

That's my best shot at it.

Based on the sentence preceding it, "He chuckled and muttered, 'I would have to have known it.'" or "I would've had to know it." might make more sense.

Answer 7

verb "haberlo" doesn´t exist in Spanish Real Academy dictionary correct sentence is simply "debería saber"

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It's "haber" plus the pronoun "lo" for "it." It is being used as the helper verb. - Luciente, May 10, 2010