How to Say ‘I should have informed you’ in Italian
Dovevo avvisarla
doh-VEH-voh ah-vvee-ZAHR-lah
[doh-VEH-voh ah-vvee-ZAHR-lah]
💬 Usage Tip: At the end of [avvisarla], the [la] means [you] in a formal way. Italian often attaches this kind of little word to the end of the verb: [chiamarla], [aiutarla].
Phrase Breakdown
Dovevo
[doh-VEH-voh]
I should have had to
Imperfect of dovere; here it means I should have.
«Dovevo» controllare prima il metodo di pagamento.
I “should have” checked the payment method earlier.
avvisarla
[ah-vvee-ZAHR-lah]
warn you; inform you
From avvisare + la, meaning to notify you formally.
Il tassista doveva «avvisarla» del problema con il POS.
The taxi driver should have “warned you” about the problem with the POS.
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