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# могло — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian *могло* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no Ukrainian section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: могло (56). By style: everyday 51 · biblical 5.

## could

Used about 29 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 27 · biblical ≈ 2). Forms: could, couldn.

- Це **могло** бути пасткою.
  It **could** be a trap.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1797673](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1797673) [\#5730341](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5730341))

- Не затемняли його кедри в Божому садї; не досягали гілля його кипариси, й каштани не досягали величиною віття його, нї одно дерево в садї Божому не **могло** рівнятись із ним красотою своєю.
  The cedars in the garden of God **could** not hide it. The cypress trees were not like its branches. The pine trees were not like its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like it in its beauty.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 31:8)

- **Могло** б бути й краще.
  It **could**'ve been better.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3826230](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3826230) [\#10282980](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10282980))

- І відказав лицарь, що на його руку опирався царь, чоловікові Божому: Коли б Господь і отвори починив у небі, то й тодї як би воно **могло** статись? І відказав він: Побачиш своїми очима, та не їсти меш.
  Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, “Behold, if the LORD made windows in heaven, **could** this thing be?” He said, “Behold, you will see it with your eyes, but will not eat of it.”
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2KI 7:2)

- Це **могло** бути розводом.
  This **could** be a scam.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#12100268](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12100268) [\#12101443](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12101443))

## happen

Used about 19 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 19). Forms: happen, happened. Meaning: [happen in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/happen/).

- Як це **могло** статися?
  How could that **happen**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#1183833](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1183833) [\#8140482](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8140482))

- Як таке **могло** статися?
  How could that **happen**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#1183833](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1183833) [\#8140484](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8140484))

- Як це **могло** трапитися?
  How could that **happen**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#1183833](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1183833) [\#5743562](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5743562))

- Як це **могло** трапитися?
  How could this **happen**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3129298](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3129298) [\#5743562](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5743562))

- Цього не **могло** статися.
  That couldn't **happen**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4497062](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4497062) [\#6290918](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6290918))

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- Що б це **могло** бути?
  What might it be?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CM · checked, community translation · [\#5758049](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5758049) [\#5759500](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5759500))

- Мені здається, Тому це **могло** би бути цікаво.
  I think Tom would be interested.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6248947](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6248947) [\#6965529](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6965529))

- Я лише не до кінця впевнений, що б це **могло** бути.
  I'm just not sure exactly what it might be.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5820407](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5820407) [\#5820676](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5820676))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [Ukrainian grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/uk/) · [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [translating between English and Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-uk/) · [translating from Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-uk/) · [translating into English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-en/).

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