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Habremos mirado el forro, pero no el dobladillo del vestido.

Habremos mirado el forro, pero no el dobladillo del vestido.
We must have looked at the lining, but not the hem of the dress.
From Lesson 351:Past conjecture (habré, habrá)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Habremos mirado el forro, pero no el dobladillo del vestido.

Why is habremos mirado translated as 'must have looked' instead of 'will have looked'?
In Spanish, the future perfect is often used to express a guess, assumption, or probability about something that recently happened. While habremos mirado literally means 'we will have looked', here it functions as a recent past conjecture, meaning 'we must have looked' or 'we probably looked'.
Could I use debemos haber mirado here instead to mean 'we must have'?
Yes, debemos haber mirado is another valid way to say 'we must have looked'. However, using the future perfect (habremos mirado) for past probability is extremely common in spoken Spanish and is a great way to make your speech sound more advanced and natural.
Is it okay to leave out the verb in the second half of the sentence (pero no el dobladillo)?
Yes! Just like in English, Spanish uses ellipsis to avoid repeating words that are already understood from context. You don't need to say pero no habremos mirado el dobladillo, as the verb phrase carries over automatically.
Where does the clothing word dobladillo come from?
It comes from the verb doblar (to fold) combined with the diminutive suffix -illo. It literally translates to 'little fold', which perfectly describes a hem on a dress or pair of pants.

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