could

could
pp.
participio pasado del verbo can.
pt.
pretérito del verbo CAN.
va.
1 [era capaz de: pasado de "can" ]
I could swim well at that age a esa edad nadaba muy bien
I could hear them talking los oía hablar
I could have tried harder podía haberme esforzado más
he couldn't have been kinder fue de lo más amable
how COULD you! ¡cómo has podido!
I could have hit him! ¡me dieron ganas de pegarle! (I was so angry)
you could have warned me! ¡me podías haber avisado!, ¡haberme avisado!
2 (requerir)
could you get me some water? ¿me puedes traer un poco de agua?
could you be quiet please? ¿te podrías callar, por favor?
could I borrow your newspaper? ¿me prestas el periódico?
3 (en condicional, sugerencias)
(it) could be podría ser
if I had more money, I could buy a new car si tuviera más dinero podría comprarme un coche nuevo
we could always telephone siempre podríamos llamar o hablar por teléfono (Am)
you could go to the beach podrías ir a la playa
En el inglés hablado, y en el escrito en estilo coloquial, la forma negativa could not se transforma en couldn't .
(pt & pp coulded)

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  • could — [ weak kəd, strong kud ] modal verb *** Could is usually followed by an infinitive without to : I m glad you could come. Sometimes it is used without a following infinitive: I came as quickly as I could. Could does not change its form, so the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • could — W1S1 [kəd strong kud] modal v negative short form couldn t ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(past ability)¦ 2¦(possibility)¦ 3¦(emphasizing your feelings)¦ 4¦(requesting)¦ 5¦(suggesting)¦ 6¦(annoyance)¦ 7 couldn t be better/worse/more pleased etc 8 I couldn t …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • could — [kood] v.aux. [altered (infl. by WOULD, SHOULD) < ME coud < OE cuthe (akin to Goth kuntha, OHG konda, ON kunna), pt. of cunnan, to be able: see CAN1] 1. pt. of CAN1 [he gave what he could give] 2 …   English World dictionary

  • could — modal auxiliary. 1. See can. It functions as (1) the past tense of can, as in We could see for miles, (2) as a conditional equivalent to would be able to, as in I could take you in the car if you like, and (3) as a more tentative form of can in… …   Modern English usage

  • Could — (k??d), imp. of {Can}. [OF. coude. The l was inserted by mistake, under the influence of should and would.] Was, should be, or would be, able, capable, or susceptible. Used as an auxiliary, in the past tense or in the conditional present. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • could've — [kood′əv] contraction could have * * * …   Universalium

  • could've — (could have) v. used to express the possibility that one may have been able to do something …   English contemporary dictionary

  • could — could; could·est; …   English syllables

  • could've — [kood′əv] contraction could have …   English World dictionary

  • could|n't — «KUD uhnt», could not …   Useful english dictionary

  • could — O.E. cuðe, pt. of cunnan to be able (see CAN (Cf. can) (v.)); ending changed 14c. to standard English d(e). The excrescent l was added 15c. 16c. on model of would, should, where it is historical …   Etymology dictionary

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