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1 ♦ might
♦ might (1) /maɪt/v. modalemight, come tutti i verbi modali, ha caratteristiche particolari:● ha significato di condizionale;● non ha forme flesse (-s alla 3a pers. sing. pres., - ing, -ed), non è mai usato con ausiliari e non ha quindi tempi composti;● forma le domande mediante la semplice posposizione del soggetto;● l'infinito che segue non ha la particella to;1 ( esprime eventualità, probabilità) – You might be right, potresti aver ragione; It might prove difficult, la cosa potrebbe dimostrarsi difficile; He might not agree, potrebbe non essere d'accordo; You might have underestimated her, potresti averla sottovalutata2 ( nel discorso indiretto) – He said he might be late, (rif. al futuro) ha detto che potrebbe tardare; (rif. al pass.) disse che avrebbe potuto tardare; We thought you might have already left, pensavamo che tu potessi essertene già andata3 ( dopo i verbi di timore, speranza, ecc., al passato) – I was afraid he might hurt himself, temevo che si facesse (o che si sarebbe fatto) male; I hoped he might succeed, speravo che riuscisse; I feared she might have been arrested, temevo che potessero averla arrestata4 ( esprime possibilità non realizzata) – I might have been killed, avrei potuto essere ucciso; If we hadn't given the alarm, there might have been casualties, se non avessimo dato l'allarme, ci sarebbero potute essere (o forse ci sarebbero state) delle vittime5 ( esprime un suggerimento) – We might go to the cinema, potremmo andare al cinema; You might like to have a look at this, forse ti interessa dare un'occhiata a questo6 (antiq. o form.) ( esprime richiesta cortese) – Might I ask you your name?, posso chiederle come si chiama?; Might I make a suggestion?, potrei suggerire una cosa?; Might I ask you what you're doing here?, potrei sapere che cosa ci fate qui?; che cosa fate qui, se è lecito?7 ( esprime una concessione) – She might be clever, but…, sarà intelligente, ma…; He might have lots of money, but his manners are atrocious, sarà anche pieno di soldi, ma ha maniere pessime8 (esprime rammarico o rimprovero per qc. di non avvenuto) – He might at least apologize, potrebbe almeno chiedere scusa; You might have told me, avresti potuto dirmelo● might as well ► well (2) □ They might well change their minds, potrebbero benissimo cambiare idea □ as you might expect, come ci si potrebbe aspettare □ as you might imagine, come puoi immaginare □ as well he [she, etc.] might (be), a buon diritto; comprensibilmente □ I might have guessed (o I might have known)!, avrei dovuto immaginarlo!; me lo sarei dovuto aspettare!NOTA D'USO: - might o may?- might (2) /maɪt/n.forza; potenza; potere; vigore: He fought with all his might, ha lottato con tutte le sue forze● (prov.) Might is right, la ragione è del più forte; contro la forza la ragion non vale.
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