debido
Spanish, adjective/deˈbido/
debido is spelled D-E-B-I-D-O (6 letters) and appears 174 times per million words in written Spanish, the 481st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Debido is a Spanish adjective meaning “owed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of deber. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Adecuado, correcto, justo”.
What does debido mean in English?
adjective
- 1
owed
- 2
due
verb
- 1
past participle of deber
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Participio de deber.
adjective: 1. Adecuado, correcto, justo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of debido
- debida feminine
- debidos masculine plural
- debidas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce debido?
- /deˈbido/
- [d̪eˈβ̞i.ð̞o]
- [d̪eˈβ̞ið̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to debido
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is debido in Spanish?
debido appears 174 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).