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might1

/maɪt/

Translation

v [modal]
(incertidumbre)
poder (que)
He might not be interested in her
Puede que no esté interesado en ella
ser posible que
We might have to wait a while
Es posible que tengamos que esperar un rato
(form) (permiso)
poder
Might I say something about it?
¿Puedo decir algo al respecto?
(form)
deber
poder
You might have told me
Me lo podías haber dicho
(sugerencia)I thought we might go to the cinema tonight
Pensé que podríamos ir al cine esta noche
constr. might + do sth
(Definition of might v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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