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Old March 08, 2015, 11:30 AM
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Can't have

¿Cómo se dice?

You can't have. ( you can't have done something)

No puedes haber
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Old March 09, 2015, 01:19 AM
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¿Cómo se dice?

You can't have. ( you can't have done something)

No puedes haberlo hecho/oído/visto/sabido
No puedes haber ido (allí)
No puedes haber ganado (el juego)
Unlike English,in Spanish it normally is not possible to omit the past participle from a perfect tense verb. Some verbs also do not allow omitting the verb's objects.
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