coulda
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Written form of a reduction of could have.
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coulda
- (colloquial) Contraction of could have.
- You coulda told him the truth.
Usage notes[edit]
Like other similarly formed contractions, speakers only use coulda to replace the modal sense of could have, i.e. where have precedes a past participle: We coulda seen each other. They do not use it to replace could followed by the verb have used lexically, e.g. *We coulda coffee. See also gonna.
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Jamaican Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
coulda
- could
- Yuh coulda mek dem guh home.
- You could let them go home.
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