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El cuarto debió estar muy sucio porque cuando salió estaba lleno de polvo. The room must have been really dirty because when she came out she was covered with dust. El cuarto debe haber estado muy sucio porque cuando salió estaba lleno de polvo. So... must have been = deber (in preterit) + estar (infinitive) I must have been crazy ... = debí estar loco ... Debo haber estado loco. I = yo must =deber have = tener/haber been = estado/sido |
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