debo (I would) o debería (I woulda shoulda?)

Question

Using "What should I eat?" as a query, I get both "¿Qué debo comer?" and "¿Qué debería comer?" as results--both results are translated as "What should I eat?" and both forms seem to be acceptable and are used. Moreover, there's no real conditional form of should. So it seems that the Present and Conditional forms of Deber in this context are synonymous. Is this correct?

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Answer 1

This is a question often confused by many.

¿Qué debería comer? .... What should I eat?

¿Qué debo comer? ... What must I eat?

(The assumption) Debía de haber comido todo en la mesa porque ya no queda nada..... I must have eaten everything on the table because there is nothing left.

Answer 2

What the heck is "wouda"/ " shouda"? For goodness sake grow up and write English as it should be written!!!

This is from the slang term written by The New York Times in one example as: "Shoulda, coulda, woulda," the First Lady replied. Ironically, your attempt to at an insulting comment about my writing is mal-formed, ungrammatical & unintelligible. - bobcoole, Feb 25, 2016