can't
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can't
- (popolare) contrazione di cannot ("non riuscire a; non avere il permesso di; essere impossibile")
- I can't park here: it's too tight. "Non riesco a parcheggiare qui: è troppo stretto."
- You can't be serious! "Non puoi dire sul serio!"
Come la forma estesa cannot, can't si usa solo al presente. La costruzione equivalente per il passato e per le costruzioni ipotetiche è couldn't. Siccome il verbo can è difettivo del futuro, si ricorre a costruzioni perifrastiche come will not (o won't) be able/allowed to.
- WordReference.com, Versione on-line Inglese-Italiano
- Dictionary.com, lemma can't
- Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Dictionary versione on-line