you could have

tu aurais pu

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tu aurais pu S’emploie généralement avec un participe passé pour parler d’une possibilité passée qui ne s’est pas réalisée.
EN: You could have called me yesterday.
FR: Tu aurais pu m’appeler hier.

You could have said "fuck" and then we'd have been in real trouble.

Tu aurais pu dire « merde », et là, on aurait eu de gros ennuis.

— Love Actually (2003)

You could have come more often.

Tu aurais pu venir plus souvent.

— Mirror (1975)

You could have saved me a lot of trouble if you'd told me about that earlier.

Tu aurais pu m’éviter bien des ennuis si tu m’en avais parlé plus tôt.

You could have killed somebody.

Tu aurais pu tuer quelqu’un.

You could have said so.

Tu aurais pu le dire.

— Burnt by the Sun (1994)

You could have sent them there.

Tu aurais pu les y envoyer.

— Swades (2004)

You could have mailed it to them.

Vous auriez pu le leur envoyer par la poste.

— Juno (2007)

You could have obeyed me.

Tu aurais pu m’obéir.

— Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

If you'd been a little more patient, you could have succeeded.

Si tu avais été un peu plus patient, tu aurais pu réussir.

You could have let me know!

Tu aurais pu me prévenir !

— Rome, Open City (1945)

If you had been a little more patient, you could have succeeded.

Si vous aviez été un peu plus patient, vous auriez pu réussir.

You could have died, like Nuria.

Tu aurais pu mourir, comme Nuria.

— Open Your Eyes (1997)

You could have killed yourself!

Tu aurais pu te tuer !

— Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)

So you could have written one, too.

Tu aurais donc pu en écrire un, toi aussi.

— The Postman (1994)

Of all you could have learned, bastard!

De tout ce que tu aurais pu apprendre, espèce de salaud !

— To Live (1994)

You could have killed him!

Tu aurais pu le tuer !

— Weathering with You (2019)

You know, in your book, you could have made me younger and taller.

Vous savez, dans votre livre, vous auriez pu me rajeunir et me faire grandir.

— The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)

You could have missed something.

Vous pourriez avoir manqué quelque chose.

— Caché (2005)