ought

Pronúncia: ɔːt
    auxiliary verb
  1. [obligation] haver, deure.
  2. I ought to do it ho hauria de fer.
  3. I ought to have done it ho hauria d'haver fet.
  4. one ought not to do it no s'hauria de fer, seria millor de no fer-ho.
  5. to behave as one ought comportar-se com caldria.
  6. one ought to be able to find it ho hauríem de trobar.
  7. I thought I ought to tell you vaig pensar que calia dir-t'ho, vaig pensar que t'ho havia de dir.

  8. you ought to go and see [vague desirability] hauries d'anar-ho a veure, val la pena de veure-ho.
  9. you ought to have seen it ho hauries d'haver vist, s'havia de veure.
  10. you ought to have seen him! l'hauries d'haver vist!

  11. that car ought to win [probability] aquest cotxe hauria de guanyar.
  12. that ought to be enough amb això n'hi hauria d'haver prou.
  13. he ought to have arrived by now ja hauria d'haver arribat.