COULD - Translation from English into Polish

could¹ [kʊd, kəd] VB aux

1. could (in questions):

could you open the window?: czy mógłbyś otworzyć okno?

2. could (conditional):

we could go there: moglibyśmy tam pójść

could² [kʊd, kəd] VB

could pt of 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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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

could [or can] you possibly...: czy mógłbyś...

I could tell that...: zorientowałem się, że...

listen mate, could you...?: słuchaj chłopie, mógłbyś...?

we could go there: moglibyśmy tam pójść

alternatively we could...: ewentualnie moglibyśmy...

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

The advantage in using stoneware to make steins was that molds could be used to mass-produce elaborately carved steins.

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Perhaps it could more correctly be labeled history as we want it to be remembered or, even better, as we re-create and relive it.

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The overcapacity and costs tied up 92 percent of the public information technology budget, hindering other project which could have created value from being carried out.

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Harry would sometimes broadcast from the center field bleachers, where he could hobnob with fans and get a suntan (or a burn).

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