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How to Say "you owed" in Spanish

The Spanish word for “you owed” is “debías” — A2 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.

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financial debt
A small, worried figure strains to push a disproportionately large, heavy sack overflowing with gold coins across a floor toward a second, taller figure who stands waiting with an empty, expectant hand, symbolizing a financial debt.

Examples

Cuando vivías aquí, siempre me debías diez dólares.

When you lived here, you always owed me ten dollars.

Según la cuenta, tú debías el doble que yo.

According to the bill, you owed double what I did.

The Imperfect for Ongoing Debt

Using the imperfect ('debías') emphasizes that the debt was a continuous state or an ongoing obligation in the past, not a one-time transaction.

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