deberán

Deberán is the third-person plural form of the Spanish verb deber in the futuro de indicativo (future tense). It literally means “they will have to” or “they shall have to,” and is commonly used to express obligation, necessity, or a planned requirement that will apply to a subject in the future. As a modal auxiliary, deber conveys not the action itself but the need or duty to perform an action later.

Usage and scope: Deberán is typically used in formal instructions, rules, regulations, forecasts, or prospective statements where a future obligation is stated for a group. It is also used with ustedes or with plural nouns representing people. Examples include: “Los estudiantes deberán entregar el informe mañana,” meaning that the students will have to submit the report tomorrow; “Las empresas deberán cumplir con la normativa vigente.”

Grammatical context: Deberán contrasts with deben (present: they must/they should), deberían (conditional or subjunctive nuance: they should), and debieron (past tense: they had to). The form remains fixed for the third-person plural subject, while the subject changes with the surrounding sentence.

Pronunciation: Deberán carries an acute accent on the final syllable, indicating stress on the last syllable: de-be-rán.

In summary: Deberán functions as a future-oriented modal indicating obligation or necessity for a group to perform a future action, frequently appearing in official writing and instructional contexts.