can
To know how toTo know how to.
» It's not something anyone can do.
Das ist nichts, was jeder Beliebige tun kann.
Это не то, что может сделать каждый.
Это не всем под силу.
Это не каждому под силу.
Це не те, що може зробити кожен.
Meaning
16 senses(auxiliary, defective)To know how to.
She can speak English, French, and German.
I can play football.
können, chöne
мочьmočʹ, смочьsmočʹ, уме́тьumétʹ
могти́mohtý, змогти́zmohtý, вмі́тиvmíty
(auxiliary, defective)To be able to.
Can you remember your fifth birthday?
Animals can experience emotions.
(auxiliary, defective, informal, modal)May; to be permitted or enabled to.
You can go outside and play when you're finished with your homework.
Can I use your pen?
können, dürfen
мочьmočʹ
(auxiliary, defective, modal)To have the potential to; to be possible for (someone or something) to.
Can it be Friday already?
Teenagers can really try their parents' patience.
(auxiliary, defective, informal, modal)Used to form requests, typically polite.
Can you please come over here?
Can we try that scene again?
(India, nonstandard, proscribed)To be (followed by a word like able, possible, allowed). third-person singular simple present indicative of can
(Manglish, Singlish, auxiliary, intransitive)To be able to or know how to (do something); an accompanying verb is not required if it is already inferable from context.
Can anot?
(Manglish, Singlish, intransitive)To be fine or acceptable; to be possible; (with liao or already) to be enough. Often used in conjunction with a variety of clause-final particles, e.g., lah, meh or one, to express different attitudes towards the subject matter.
Can liao, don’t need to use so much glue.
(transitive)To seal in a can.
They canned air to sell as a novelty to tourists.
preserve in a can or tin
(transitive)To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.
They spent August canning fruit and vegetables.
einmachen
консерви́роватьkonservírovatʹ, законсерви́роватьzakonservírovatʹ
(transitive)To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
He canned the whole project because he thought it would fail.
abbrechen
(slang, transitive)To shut up.
Can your gob.
die Klappe halten, den Mund halten
Examples
47160 sentencesIt's not something anyone can do.
Це не те, що може зробити кожен.
ruЭто не то, что может сделать каждый.
deDas ist nichts, was jeder Beliebige tun kann.
You can always count on Tom.
На Тома можна завжди розраховувати.
ruНа Тома всегда можно положиться.
deDu kannst dich immer auf Tom verlassen.
I can imagine how you felt.
Можу собі уявити, що ти відчував.
ruМогу представить, как ты себя чувствовал.
deIch kann mir vorstellen, wie du dich gefühlt hast.
A bear can climb a tree.
Ведмеді можуть лазити по деревах.
ruМедведь может залезть на дерево.
deEin Bär kann auf einen Baum klettern.
Do you think fish can hear?
Гадаєш, риби чують?
ruДумаешь, рыба может слышать?
deGlaubst du, dass Fische hören können?
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English can, first and third person singular of connen, cunnen (“to be able, kFrom Middle English can, first and third person singular of connen, cunnen (“to be able, know how”), from Old English can(n), first and third person singular of cunnan (“to know how”), from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (whence also know). Doublet of con. See also: canny, cunning.
From Middle English canne, from Old English canne (“glass, container, cup, jar”), from Proto-Germanic *kannǭ (“can, tankard, mug, cup”).
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Forms
can, able, could, cannedSynonyms
25 synonymsAntonyms
4 antonymsWord family
16 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Can and can't — Because the lesson uses it
- B1Weak forms and sentence stress — Because the lesson uses it