In spoken English, would have, could have, and should have are almost always contracted. It is important to recognize these sounds:

🔹 En inglés hablado, would have, could have y should have casi siempre se contraen. Es importante reconocer estos sonidos:

would have => would've [wʊdəv] => often sounds like "woulda"

could have => could've [kʊdəv] => often sounds like "coulda"

should have => should've [ʃʊdəv] => often sounds like "shoulda"

might have => might've [maɪtəv] => often sounds like "mighta"

A very common mistake is writing would of instead of would have. Even some native speakers make this mistake. Always write would have.

🔹 Un error muy común es escribir would of en lugar de would have. Incluso algunos nativos cometen este error. Siempre escribe would have.