might

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Power, strength, force, or influence held by a person or group.
2. (uncountable) Physical strength or force.
3. (uncountable) The ability to do something.

Adj

1. (obsolete) Mighty; powerful.
2. (obsolete) Possible.

Verb

1. (auxiliary, form-of, no-past-participle, no-present-participle, past) simple past of may
2. (auxiliary, no-past-participle, no-present-participle) simple past of may
3. (auxiliary, no-past-participle, no-present-participle) Used to indicate conditional or possible actions; would perhaps/maybe.
4. (auxiliary, no-past-participle, no-present-participle) Used concessively to admit something before making a more accurate or important statement; although
5. (auxiliary, no-past-participle, no-present-participle) Used in polite requests for permission.
6. (UK, auxiliary, no-past-participle, no-present-participle) Used to express certainty.

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Conceptos

poder

fuerza

energía

puede que

opulencia

potencia

prisa

reinado

riqueza

nobleza

poderío

realeza

vigor

ñeque

fuerza vital

apuro

verbo modal

eficacia

esfuerzo

excelencia

Sinónimos

power

strength

force

energy

may

authority

vigour

potency

influence

could

perhaps

would

vigor

hypothetical

possibly

may be

mightiness

should

maybe

stamina

greatness

robustness

physical strength

capability

sturdiness

can

course

potential

probably

prowess

puissance

capacity

if

shall

spring

ability

effort

bound

valour

will

momentum

brawn

control

toughness

vigorousness

vim

virtue

wealth

will do

spicery

Traducciones

potere

Macht

force

forza

Kraft

puissance

potenza

δύναμη

macht

pouvoir

potentia

Stärke

Einfluss

energia

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/maɪt/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: myght

Heredado de inglés antiguo: miht

Cognado con escocés: micht

Cognado con frisón septentrional: macht

Cognado con frisón occidental: macht

Cognado con neerlandés: macht

Cognado con alemán: Macht

Cognado con sueco: makt

Cognado con noruego: makt

Cognado con islandés: máttur

Cognado con gótico: 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃

Cognado con ruso: мочь

Cognado con ucraniano: міч

Cognado con búlgaro: мощ

Cognado con serbocroata: moć

Cognado con checo: moc

Cognado con polaco: moc

Heredado de inglés antiguo: meahte

In summary

From Middle English myght, might (also maught, macht, maht), from Old English miht, mieht, meaht, mæht (“might, bodily strength, power, authority, ability, virtue, mighty work, miracle, angel”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahti, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, *mahtuz (“might, power”), from Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis, *megʰ- (“to allow, be able, help”), corresponding to Germanic *maganą + *-þiz. Equivalent to may + -th.
Cognate with Scots micht, maucht (“might”), North Frisian macht (“might, ability”), West Frisian macht (“might, ability”), Dutch macht (“might, power”), German Macht (“power, might”), Swedish makt (“might”), Norwegian makt (“power”), Icelandic máttur (“might”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts), and further to Russian мочь (močʹ, “power, might”) and мощь (moščʹ, “force, strength”), Ukrainian міч (mič) and міць (micʹ, “power”), Bulgarian мощ (mošt, “power, might”), Serbo-Croatian moć (“power”), Czech moc (“power”), Polish moc (“power”). See more at may.

Oraciones

That is what I thought as well , but it might not be true .

Eso es lo que pensé también, pero podría no ser cierto.

Thought I might be hearing from you .

There might be secret messages in this text .

Puede haber mensajes secretos en este texto.

He had found where his treasure was , and was frightened at what might happen .

Había encontrado dónde estaba su tesoro, y estaba asustado por lo que podría pasar.

Had our instruments permitted it , we might have been able to see the trouble way back when .

Si nuestros instrumentos lo hubieran permitido, podríamos haber podido ver los problemas que regresan cuando.

Barthou might have survived , but did not , apparently because of inadequate medical attention .