might

(Inglês)

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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Pronunciado como (IPA)

/maɪt/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: myght

Herdado de inglês arcaico: miht

Cognato com scots: micht

Cognato com frísio setentrional: macht

Cognato com frísio ocidental: macht

Cognato com holandês: macht

Cognato com alemão: Macht

Cognato com sueco: makt

Cognato com norueguês: makt

Cognato com islandês: máttur

Cognato com gótico: 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃

Cognato com russo: мочь

Cognato com ucraniano: міч

Cognato com búlgaro: мощ

Cognato com servo-croata: moć

Cognato com tcheco: moc

Cognato com polonês: moc

Herdado de inglês arcaico: 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.

Conceitos

força

potência

talvez

pode ser que

poderio

poder

grandeza

Sinônimos

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

Traduções

poder

potere

Macht

force

forza

puissance

Kraft

potenza

siła

fuerza

macht

δύναμη

pouvoir

potentia

Stärke

Frases

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

Isso é o que eu pensei também, mas pode não ser verdade.

Thought I might be hearing from you .

There might be secret messages in this text .

Pode haver mensagens secretas neste texto.

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

Ele havia encontrado onde estava seu tesouro e ficou assustado com o que poderia acontecer.

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

Se nossos instrumentos tenham permitido, poderíamos ter sido capazes de ver o problema quando.

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