Pronúncia: ɔːt
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auxiliary verb
- [obligation] haver, deure.
- I ought to do it ho hauria de fer.
- I ought to have done it ho hauria d'haver fet.
- one ought not to do it no s'hauria de fer, seria millor de no fer-ho.
- to behave as one ought comportar-se com caldria.
- one ought to be able to find it ho hauríem de trobar.
- I thought I ought to tell you vaig pensar que calia dir-t'ho, vaig pensar que t'ho havia de dir.
- you ought to go and see [vague desirability] hauries d'anar-ho a veure, val la pena de veure-ho.
- you ought to have seen it ho hauries d'haver vist, s'havia de veure.
- you ought to have seen him! l'hauries d'haver vist!
- that car ought to win [probability] aquest cotxe hauria de guanyar.
- that ought to be enough amb això n'hi hauria d'haver prou.
- he ought to have arrived by now ja hauria d'haver arribat.