they can't have left already!

can it! — basta ya!

she couldn't answer the question — no pudo contestar la pregunta

we can but try — con intentarlo no se pierde nada

can you swim/speak German? — ¿sabes nadar/(hablar) alemán?

I can't see very well — no veo muy bien

can you hear me? — ¿me oyes?

can't you tell he's lying? — ¿no te das cuenta de que está mintiendo?

can I come with you? — ¿puedo ir contigo?

can you turn that music down, please? — ¿puedes bajar esa música, por favor?

can I have two salads, please? — ¿me trae dos ensaladas, por favor?

can I carry that for you? — ¿quieres que (te) lleve eso?

you can't blame her — no puedes echarle la culpa

I couldn't very well tell him just then — no se lo podía decir justo en ese momento

can't you give it another try? — ¿por qué no lo vuelves a intentar?

for a start, you can clean all this up — puedes empezar por limpiar todo esto

anything can happen now — ahora puede pasar cualquier cosa

it can't be true! — no puede ser!, no es posible!

you can't be serious! — no lo dirás en serio!

he can do it if he tries hard — puede hacerlo si se esfuerza

he will do all he can to help you — hará lo posible por ayudarte

he can't swim — no sabe nadar

can you speak Italian? — ¿sabes (hablar) italiano?

can I use your telephone? — ¿puedo usar su teléfono?

can I have your name? — ¿me dice su nombre?

could I have a word with you? — ¿podría hablar contigo un momento?

can't I come too? — ¿puedo ir también?

I can hear it — lo oigo

I couldn't see it anywhere — no lo veía en ninguna parte

I can't understand why — no comprendo por qué

that cannot be! — ¡eso no puede ser!, ¡es imposible!

he can't have said that — no puede haber dicho eso

they can't have left already! — ¡no es posible que ya se han ido!

how can you say that? — ¿cómo te atreves a decir eso?

he could be in the library — puede que esté en la biblioteca

you could try telephoning his office — ¿por qué no le llamas a su despacho?

they could have forgotten — puede (ser) que se hayan olvidado

you could have told me! — ¡podías habérmelo dicho!

it could have been a wolf — podía ser un lobo

I reckon you could have got a job last year — creo que podías obtener un trabajo el año pasado

I could have cried — me daban ganas de llorar

she can be very annoying — a veces te pone negro

it can get very cold here — aquí puede llegar a hacer mucho frío

I'm doing it as well as I can — lo hago lo mejor que puedo

as cheap as can be — lo más barato posible

as big as big can be — lo más grande posible

she was as happy as could be — estaba de lo más feliz

could do with: I could do with a drink — ¡qué bien me vendría una copa!

we could do with a bigger house — nos convendría una casa más grande

a can of beer — una lata de cerveza

can it! — basta ya!

she couldn't answer the question — no pudo contestar la pregunta

we can but try — con intentarlo no se pierde nada

can you swim/speak German? — ¿sabes nadar/(hablar) alemán?

I can't see very well — no veo muy bien

can you hear me? — ¿me oyes?

can't you tell he's lying? — ¿no te das cuenta de que está mintiendo?

can I come with you? — ¿puedo ir contigo?

can you turn that music down, please? — ¿puedes bajar esa música, por favor?

can I have two salads, please? — ¿me trae dos ensaladas, por favor?

can I carry that for you? — ¿quieres que (te) lleve eso?

you can't blame her — no puedes echarle la culpa

I couldn't very well tell him just then — no se lo podía decir justo en ese momento

can't you give it another try? — ¿por qué no lo vuelves a intentar?

for a start, you can clean all this up — puedes empezar por limpiar todo esto

anything can happen now — ahora puede pasar cualquier cosa

it can't be true! — no puede ser!, no es posible!

you can't be serious! — no lo dirás en serio!

(expressing disbelief, puzzlement) how could you lie to me! — come hai potuto dirmi una bugia!

they can't have left already! — non è possibile che siano già partiti!

(expressing possibility, suggestion etc) they could have forgotten — potrebbero essersene dimenticati

he could be in the library — può darsi che sia in biblioteca, potrebbe essere in biblioteca

I could have cried/screamed! — mi sarei messo a piangere/urlare!

(not translated) can you hear me? — mi senti?

a can of peas — una scatola di piselli

a can of beer — una lattina di birra

to have done with something — en finir avec quelque chose

she has/doesn't have it in her to do — elle est capable/incapable de faire

to have it out with somebody — s'expliquer avec quelqu'un

he will have it that — il soutient que

I've got it! — je sais!

and the ayes/noes have it — les oui/non l'emportent

the haves and the have-nots — les riches et les pauvres

...and what have you —...etc

there is no milk/there are no houses to be had — on ne trouve pas de lait/de maisons

he has (got) a dog — ha un cane

to have a sandwich — mangiare un panino

to have a whisky — bere un whisky

to have a cigarette — fumare una sigaretta

to have breakfast — fare colazione

to have dinner — cenare

I had some more cake — presi ancora un po' di torta

what will you have? — cosa desidera?

she won't have him back — non vuole riprenderlo con sé

I wouldn't have him any other way — non mi piacerebbe se fosse diverso

to let sb. have sth. — lasciare prendere qcs. a qcn

to have a nice day — passare una bella giornata

to have a good time — divertirsi

to have sth. to do — avere qcs. da fare

I have o I've got letters to write — devo scrivere delle lettere

to have (the) flu, a heart attack — avere l'influenza, un infarto

to have (a) toothache — avere mal di denti

he had his car stolen — gli hanno rubato la macchina

they like having stories read to them — gli piace farsi leggere delle storie

to have sth. done — far fare qcs.

to have the house painted — fare tinteggiare la casa

to have one's hair cut — farsi tagliare i capelli

to have an injection — farsi fare un'iniezione

to have sb. do sth. — fare fare qcs. a qcn.

she had him close the door — gli fece chiudere la porta

they would have us believe that — ci volevano fare credere che

I would have you know that — vorrei che sapessi che

he had them laughing — li fece ridere

he had his camera ready — aveva la macchina fotografica pronta

if you're not careful you'll have that glass over — se non fai attenzione rovescerai quel bicchiere

I had it finished by 5 o'clock — l'avevo finito per le cinque

I won't have this kind of behaviour! — non tollererò questo tipo di comportamento!

I won't have it! — non mi va!

I won't have them exploit him — non lascerò che lo sfruttino

I won't have him hurt — non permetterò che si faccia male

we can't have them staying in a hotel — non possiamo permettere che stiano in albergo

she had the glass in her hand — teneva in mano il bicchiere

she had him by by the arm — lo teneva per il braccio

he had his hands over his eyes — si teneva le mani davanti agli occhi

has she had it yet? — ha già partorito?

over here, we have a painting by Picasso — qui abbiamo un dipinto di Picasso

what we have here is a group of extremists — quello con cui abbiamo a che fare è un gruppo di estremisti

I've got you now! — ti ho preso!

I'll have you! — ora ti faccio vedere io!

I have (got) to leave now — ora devo andare

you don't have to o you haven't got to leave so early non è necessario che te ne vada così presto; did you have to spend so much money? era necessario che spendessi così tanti soldi? something had to be done — si doveva fare qualcosa

this has (got) to be the most difficult decision I've ever made — questa è proprio la decisione più difficile che abbia mai preso

she has lost her bag — ha perso la borsa

she has already left — è già partita

she has hurt herself — si è fatta male

you've seen the film, haven't you? — hai visto il film, vero?

you haven't seen the film, have you? — non hai visto il film, vero?

you haven't seen my bag, have you? — hai per caso visto la mia borsa?

"he's already left" - "has he indeed!" — "è già andato via" - "davvero?"

"you've never met him" - "yes I have!" — "non l'hai mai incontrato" - "invece sì!"

having finished his breakfast, he went out — finito di fare colazione, uscì

having already won twice, he's a favourite — dato che ha già vinto due volte, è uno dei favoriti

she has, doesn't have it in her to do — sarebbe, non sarebbe mai capace di fare

he will have it that — sostiene che

I've got it! — ci sono! ho capito!

the haves and the have-nots — i ricchi e i poveri

he has (got) a dog — ha un cane

to have a sandwich — mangiare un panino

to have a whisky — bere un whisky

to have a cigarette — fumare una sigaretta

to have breakfast — fare colazione

to have dinner — cenare

I had some more cake — presi ancora un po' di torta

what will you have? — cosa desidera?

she won't have him back — non vuole riprenderlo con sé

I wouldn't have him any other way — non mi piacerebbe se fosse diverso

to let sb. have sth. — lasciare prendere qcs. a qcn

to have a nice day — passare una bella giornata

to have a good time — divertirsi

to have sth. to do — avere qcs. da fare

I have o I've got letters to write — devo scrivere delle lettere

to have (the) flu, a heart attack — avere l'influenza, un infarto

to have (a) toothache — avere mal di denti

he had his car stolen — gli hanno rubato la macchina

they like having stories read to them — gli piace farsi leggere delle storie

to have sth. done — far fare qcs.

to have the house painted — fare tinteggiare la casa

to have one's hair cut — farsi tagliare i capelli

to have an injection — farsi fare un'iniezione

to have sb. do sth. — fare fare qcs. a qcn.

she had him close the door — gli fece chiudere la porta

they would have us believe that — ci volevano fare credere che

I would have you know that — vorrei che sapessi che

he had them laughing — li fece ridere

he had his camera ready — aveva la macchina fotografica pronta

if you're not careful you'll have that glass over — se non fai attenzione rovescerai quel bicchiere

I had it finished by 5 o'clock — l'avevo finito per le cinque

I won't have this kind of behaviour! — non tollererò questo tipo di comportamento!

I won't have it! — non mi va!

I won't have them exploit him — non lascerò che lo sfruttino

I won't have him hurt — non permetterò che si faccia male

we can't have them staying in a hotel — non possiamo permettere che stiano in albergo

she had the glass in her hand — teneva in mano il bicchiere

she had him by by the arm — lo teneva per il braccio

he had his hands over his eyes — si teneva le mani davanti agli occhi

has she had it yet? — ha già partorito?

over here, we have a painting by Picasso — qui abbiamo un dipinto di Picasso

what we have here is a group of extremists — quello con cui abbiamo a che fare è un gruppo di estremisti

I've got you now! — ti ho preso!

I'll have you! — ora ti faccio vedere io!