could

Senso (Inglese)

Verb

1. (form-of, past) simple past of can
2. conditional of can
3. conditional of can
4. conditional of can
5. conditional of can
6. conditional of can
7. (form-of, participle, past) past participle of can

Noun

Something that could happen, or could be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.

can

• Verb
• Intj
• Particle
• Noun

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Concetti

postria

sinonimi

might

may

can

should

able to

obtain

ought to

perhaps

possible

really

shall

she

👩

it

🇮🇹

able

be likely

get

he

👨

indeed

must

Traduzioni

könnte

kann

konntest

see can

konnte

modal

pouvoir

put

purent

verbe modal

hulpwerkwoord

modaal werkwoord

poder

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/kʊd/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: coude

Ereditato da inglese antico: cūþe

In summary

From Middle English coude, couthe, cuthe, from Old English cūþe, past indicative and past subjunctive form of cunnan (“to be able”) (compare related cūþ, whence English couth).
The -l- in the spelling was added in the early 16th century by analogy with should and would; this analogy formerly affected the pronunciation as well and was probably assisted by the tendency for /l/ to be lost in those words (and so not written, leading to shudd, wode, etc).

Frasi

And nobody could accept that answer .

E nessuno poteva accettare quella risposta.

He could destroy you quite by accident .

Potrebbe distruggerti per caso.

Man could not conquer them .

L'uomo non poteva conquistarli.

He could sell the stones and buy a return ticket .

Poteva vendere le pietre e acquistare un biglietto di ritorno.

It was said that he could cross half of Spain without leaving his possessions .

Si diceva che potesse attraversare metà della Spagna senza lasciare i suoi beni.

The boy could certainly resist causing that kind of anxiety for the baker .

Il ragazzo potrebbe certamente resistere a causare quel tipo di ansia per il fornaio.