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Expressing need and obligation (deber, tener que, haber que, necesitar [que])

Written by qualified Spanish expert Inma Sánchez BA
Last updated: 2018-06-07
Deber, tener que, haber que, and necesitar [que] are used in Spanish to express need and obligation.

Lessons with more detail on Expressing need and obligation (deber, tener que, haber que, necesitar [que])

Spanish modal verb deber in the conditional simple + haber + participle = should have
Using deber, poder, querer in Spanish + infinitive to express must, can, to want to (Verbo modal)
Expressing obligation with tener que in Spanish
Using deber to say should in Spanish
Conjugate tener que (would have to) in the conditional tense in Spanish (El Condicional Simple)
Using necesitar in the present tense to express a need (to do something) in Spanish
Using modal verbs in the passive voice in Spanish
Haber de + infinitive to express formal obligation or future action (perífrasis verbal)
Using haber + past participle for you should/shouldn't have done something
Spanish modal verbs in progressive tenses
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