De debò vols el compte corrent?

De debò means really, seriously, or for real. In this sentence, it shows surprise or checks whether the other person is serious. So it adds the sense of Do you really want the current/checking account?

A very similar everyday alternative is de veritat.

Vols is the present tense, 2nd person singular form of voler, which means to want.

So:

• jo vull = I want
• tu vols = you want
• ell / ella vol = he / she wants

Because the sentence is talking to you in the singular informal sense, vols is the correct form.

Catalan often leaves out subject pronouns when the verb already makes the subject clear. Since vols already tells us the subject is tu, there is no need to say it.

So De debò vols el compte corrent? is completely natural.

If you did say tu, it would sound more emphatic, as if contrasting with someone else: De debò tu vols el compte corrent?

Compte corrent is a banking term meaning current account. In American English, that is usually checking account.

Literally:

• compte = account
• corrent = current

So it is a fixed expression for that kind of bank account.

In Catalan, adjectives often come after the noun, especially when they classify the noun as a type or category.

So compte corrent is the normal order, just like saying current account in English even though the words are reversed.

This is very common in Catalan:

• cotxe elèctric = electric car
• casa gran = big house

El means the, while un means a.

Using el compte corrent suggests a specific account, or a specific option already known in the conversation. For example, maybe there are different account types being discussed, and the speaker is asking whether the person really wants the current account.

If you said un compte corrent, it would sound more indefinite: a current account.

It is informal singular, because vols goes with tu.

If you were speaking formally to one person, you would normally use vol instead: De debò vol el compte corrent?

That corresponds to vostè.

Yes. De debò is fairly flexible.

For example:

• De debò vols el compte corrent?
• Vols de debò el compte corrent?

Putting de debò at the beginning is very natural when the speaker is reacting with surprise or disbelief. It gives the sentence a slightly stronger emotional opening.

The stress is on the last syllable: de-BÒ.

The accent mark on ò shows where the stress falls and also marks the vowel quality. So you should not pronounce it like DE-bo.

A rough English-style approximation is deh-BOH, with the strongest stress on BOH.

Catalan normally uses only the final question mark, as in:

De debò vols el compte corrent?

Unlike Spanish, Catalan does not normally use an inverted question mark at the beginning.