Signification de owe En anglais

• 0 to be required to pay back money you have borrowed

  • I owe you $20 for the ticket. Je te dois 20 $ pour le billet.

  • They haven’t paid back the money they owe. Ils n’ont pas remboursé l’argent qu’ils doivent.

• 1 to feel grateful to sb, because they have helped you

  • I owe my parents so much for all the help they gave me. Je dois tellement à mes parents pour toute l’aide qu’ils m’ont apportée.

• 2 to have a duty to do sth for sb

  • You owe her an apology. Tu lui dois des excuses.

  • We owe it to the rest of the staff to try to make the business work. Nous devons au reste du personnel d’essayer de faire marcher l’affaire.

• 3 to be in debt to

  • I owe (him) $10.