can betydelse and definition

Betydelse av can på svenska

• 0 to be able to:

  • Can you drive?

  • She can speak four languages.

  • Can you read that sign from this distance?

  • The doctors are doing all that they can, but she's still not breathing properly.

  • Do the best you can - I realize the circumstances are not ideal.

  • If the party is awful, we can always leave (= that would be one possible solution to our problem).

  • "She's really furious about it." "Can you blame her (= I'm not surprised)?"

  • "Will you mail this letter for me, please?" "Can do."

  • "I need you to pick up the kids today." "Sorry, no can do (= no I can't)."

• 1 to be allowed to:

  • Can I use your bike, John?

  • You can park over there.

  • You can have a piece of cake after you've eaten your vegetables!

  • If you carry on being horrible to your sister, Sophie, you can just go to bed!

• 2 used to request something:

  • If you see Brett, can you tell him I'm in town next weekend?

  • Can you make a little less noise, please? I'm trying to work.

• 3 used to express possibility:

  • You can get stamps from the local newsagents.

  • You can get very nasty skin diseases from bathing in dirty water.

  • Smoking can cause cancer.

  • Noise can be quite a problem when you're living in a flat.

  • He can be really annoying at times (= he is sometimes very annoying).

• 4 used in polite offers of help:

  • Can I help you with those bags?

  • I'm afraid Ms Ferguson has already left the office. Can I be of any help?

• 5 a closed metal container, especially cylinder-shaped, in which some types of drink and food are sold:

  • a can of soup/beans

  • You'll need a can of tuna for this recipe.

  • an oil can

  • a can of paint

• 6 →  headphones :

  • I was wearing cans so I didn't hear anything.

• 7 informal for prison:

  • He spent ten years in the can for armed robbery.

• 8 informal for toilet

• 9 to put food and drink into a closed metal container without air:

  • He works in a factory where they can fruit.

• 10 to stop doing something or making noise:

  • Hey, can it, would you? I'm trying to sleep.

• 11 a metal container, esp. a closed, cylindrical container in which food and drink are packaged:

  • a gas/watering can

  • The vending machine has soda in cans.

  • I had a can of soup for lunch.

• 12 to preserve food by putting it into a can or into a jar (= glass container) from which the air is removed:

  • They can all kinds of fruit.

  • No, I’m not on vacation – I got canned last week.

• 13 to be able to:

  • She can speak four languages.

  • We’re doing the best we can, but we won’t make our deadline.

• 14 to be allowed or to have permission:

  • You can park on the street.

  • You can do it by yourself.

  • Can you help me lift this box?

  • Can I have a tissue, please?

• 15 used to express possibility in the present:

  • You can get stamps at the post office.

• 16 used in polite offers of help or by someone who provides service, as in a store:

  • Can I help you with those bags?

• 17 to put food or drink into a closed metal container to preserve it:

  • canned dog foods.

• 18 to remove someone from their job:

  • After becoming partner in May of last year, she was canned five months later.