CAN'T - Translation from English into Polish

can't [kɑ:nt, Am kænt]

can't = can not, can

I. can² [kæn] N

1. can (container):

can: puszka f

can of petrol: kanister m

2. can AM inf (prison):

the can: pudło nt

3. can AM inf (toilet):

the can: kibel m

Phrases:

to carry the can: brać [perf wziąć] na siebie winę

in the can: skończony

a can of worms: puszka f Pandory

II. can² <-nn-> [kæn] VB trans

can: puszkować [perf za-]

can¹ <could> [kæn, kən] VB aux

1. can (be able to):

can: móc

I can see you: widzę cię

can you hear me?: czy mnie słyszysz?

I can smell something burning: czuję, że coś się pali

2. can (know how to):

can: umieć

can: potrafić

he can speak Finnish: on mówi po fińsku

3. can (in offers, requests, demands):

can: móc

could you lend me your bicycle?: czy mógłbyś pożyczyć mi swój rower?

can I help you?: czym mogę służyć?

4. can (possibility, permission):

can: móc

he can be annoying: on potrafi być denerwujący

5. can (in disbelief):

it can't be true!: to nie może być prawda!

you can't be serious!: nie mówisz poważnie!

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can't

can't: nie móc

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can't believe your ears VB

can't believe your ears: nie wierzyć własnym uszom

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

it can't be true!: to nie może być prawda!

you can't be serious!: nie mówisz poważnie!

I can't take anymore!: już dłużej tego nie zniosę!

you can [or can't] talk!: i kto to mówi!

I can't find them: nie mogę ich znaleźć

I can't help it: nic na to nie poradzę

I can't abide laziness: nie znoszę lenistwa

money can't buy happiness: pieniądze szczęścia nie dają

I can't see him: nie widzę go

I'm sorry you can't...: przykro mi, ale nie możesz...

you [just] can't win inf: nic nie zrobisz

she can't feed herself: ona nie umie jeść sama

you can't imagine...!: nawet sobie nie wyobrażasz...!

I can't smell: nic nie czuję

I can't figure him out: nie potrafię go rozszyfrować

you can't improve on that!: nie pobijesz tego [wyniku]!

I can't quarrel with that: nie mogę się z tym nie zgodzić

I can't tell them apart: nie rozróżniam ich

he can't afford a car: nie stać go na samochód

I can't see a thing: niczego nie widzę

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

The concept becomes a variable capacity of good governance and can no longer be accepted as an absolute right.

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These ripple effects can eventually affect even diurnal plants and animals.

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In an obstacle race, competitors are timed and held to a strict standard of performance; when a task can not be completed, penalty exercises such as burpees are assigned.

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When hydrocarbons are concentrated in a trap, an oil field forms, from which the liquid can be extracted by drilling and pumping.

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It can be served alone, with white rice, or with rice vermicelli.

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