мог погибнуть

could have died

→ мочь

phrase Rare #31,946

could have died Used for a masculine subject to say that he or it was at risk of dying or might have died. Мог is the past-tense form of мочь, and погибнуть means “to die” or “to perish.”

RU: Он мог погибнуть в этой катастрофе.

EN: He could have died in that disaster.

Том мог погибнуть в аварии.

Tom could have died in the accident.

Я мог погибнуть.

I could have died.

Ты мог погибнуть, как Нурия.

You could have died like Nuriya.

— Открой глаза (1997)

Том мог погибнуть.

Tom could have died.