Usage examples of "haber" in Spanish with translation to English

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Debiste haber venido más pronto. You should have come earlier.
Tom debía haber estado aquí. Tom should've been there.
Me debiste haber dicho ayer. You should have told me yesterday.
Ella negó haber estado ahí. She denied having been there.
Quisiera haber tenido este problema. I wish I had this problem.
Eso puede haber sido verdad. That might have been true.
Alguien debe haber visto algo. Somebody must have seen something.
Deberías haber tenido más cuidado. You should have been more careful.
Admitió haber robado el tesoro. He admitted that he had stolen the treasure.
Él debió haber sido abogado. He should have been a lawyer.
Se me debe haber olvidado. I must have forgotten it.
Él parece haber sido rico. He seems to have been rich.
No deberías haber ido allí. You shouldn't have gone there.
Ella parecía haber estado enferma. She seemed to have been ill.
Quisiera haber sabido la verdad. I wish I had known the truth.
Lamento haber sido tan rudo. I'm sorry I was so rude.
Deberíamos haber seguido su consejo. We should have taken his advice.
Esto parece haber sido inevitable. This appears to have been inevitable.
No debí haber hecho eso. I shouldn't have done that.
Tom admitió haber sido derrotado. Tom admitted that he had been defeated.
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