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Tú deberías ser más comprensivo y tolerar el ruido.

Tú deberías ser más comprensivo y tolerar el ruido.
You should be more understanding and tolerate the noise.
From Lesson 180:Polite advice (deberías...)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Tú deberías ser más comprensivo y tolerar el ruido.

Why is deberías used here instead of debes?
Deberías is the conditional form of the verb deber (to have to / must). Using the conditional softens the tone. Instead of a strict obligation like debes (you must), deberías turns it into a friendly suggestion or piece of advice (you should).
Does comprensivo mean comprehensive?
No, comprensivo is a false friend. In Spanish, it means understanding or sympathetic when talking about a person's attitude. If you wanted to say comprehensive in the sense of including everything, you would use a word like completo or exhaustivo.
Why is tolerar in the infinitive form here instead of being conjugated?
The verb tolerar is still being controlled by the helper verb deberías. The sentence connects two actions with y (and): you should be (ser) and you should tolerate (tolerar). Because both actions depend on deberías, they both stay in the infinitive form.
Is the word Tú required at the beginning of the sentence?
It is not required because the ending of deberías already tells us that the subject is you. Including Tú here just adds emphasis, making the advice feel a bit more direct and personal.

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