..por un momento
What does the following sentence fragment mean: ....pero debe haber salido por un momento.
It's the "por un momento" that I'm not sure about.
Thanks in advance.
2 Answers
In that case "por un momento" should be interpreted as "[for] a while".
debe haber salido por un momento "[he] should have left for a while"
He/she/it should have left for a moment