должно быть

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɐɫʐˈno bɨtʲ]

Adverb

должно́ быть • (dolžnó bytʹ)

1. Used as a parenthetical to express a speaker's opinion that something is certain, analogously to English "must".

   Synonym: наве́рное (navérnoje)

   Она́, должно́ быть, была́ так напу́гана. ― Oná, dolžnó bytʹ, bylá tak napúgana. ― She must've been so frightened. (literally, “She, (it) must be, was so frightened.”)