could have
It could have been worse.
तुम्हें अंदाज़ा भी है कि क्या हो सकता था?
Do you have any idea what could have happened?
— तारे ज़मीन पर (2007)
उसके लिए मामला बहुत बुरा हो सकता था।
Things could have gone very badly for him.
उसको वो सब पता है, जो सिर्फ खूनी को पता हो सकता था।
He knows everything that only the killer could have known.
— Jaane Jaan (2023)
ये कार्य कल सुबह भी तो हो सकता था।
This could have been done tomorrow morning too, couldn’t it?
— Padmaavat (2018)
Could that have happened?