couldn't in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for couldn't in the English»French Dictionary

couldn't [Brit ˈkʊd(ə)nt, Am ˈkʊdnt]

couldn't → could not

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he couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery

il ne serait même pas foutu de trouver de l'eau dans la mer sl

I couldn't allow for him changing his mind

je ne pouvais pas prévoir qu'il changerait d'avis

I couldn't drag myself away

j'étais cloué sur place

Translations for couldn't in the French»English Dictionary

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je-m'en-foutisme

couldn't-care-less attitude

je-m'en-foutiste

person with a couldn't-care-less attitude

c'était difficilement évitable

it couldn't have been avoided

il n'en pouvait mais

he couldn't take it any more

je pouvais difficilement dire non

I couldn't very well say no

il se moque royalement de son travail

he really couldn't care less about his work inf

il se fiche royalement de l'opinion des autres

he couldn't give a damn about what other people think inf

couldn't in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for couldn't in the French»English Dictionary

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je(n')y comprenais que dalle inf

I couldn't understand a damn thing

on (n')y voyait que dalle inf

we couldn't see a (damn) thing

ça m'est équilatéral

I couldn't care less

il s'en moque éperdument

he couldn't care less

ça ne s'invente pas

you couldn't make it up

elle est plutôt je-m'en-foutiste

she just couldn't give a damn

je-m'en-foutiste

person with a couldn't-give-a-damn attitude

je m'en contrebalance

I couldn't care less

il resta muet de saisissement

he couldn't speak for shock

je m'en moque royalement

I couldn't give a damn

j'ai entendu malgré moi ce que vous venez de dire

I couldn't help hearing what you just said

je ne pouvais pas faire autrement

I couldn't do otherwise [or anything else]

couldn't Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

I couldn't relate the two cases

je n'arrivais pas à faire le rapprochement entre ces deux cas

you couldn't wish for better weather

on ne peut pas espérer meilleur temps

she couldn't help but see the letter

elle n'a pas pu s'empêcher de voir la lettre

I wouldn't/couldn't swear to it inf

je ne le jurerais pas

I couldn't have put it better

on ne saurait mieux le formuler

try as I would, I couldn't

j'ai eu beau essayer, je n'ai pas pu

I couldn't put the book down

je ne pouvais pas lâcher le livre

mind you, I couldn't care less!

remarque, je m'en fiche!

I couldn't understand a damn thing

je(n')y comprenais que dalle inf

we couldn't see a (damn) thing

on (n')y voyait que dalle inf