potere

to be able to, can

verb irregular Word 34 of the core 1,000 · Stage 1, Essentials

How to conjugate potere

The present, imperfect, future and passato prossimo, with the English for every form.

io	posso I can / I am able to
tu	puoi you can / you are able to
lui/lei	può he/she can / he/she is able to
noi	possiamo we can / we are able to
voi	potete you all can / you all are able to
loro	possono they can / they are able to

io	potevo I could / I was able to
tu	potevi you could / you were able to
lui/lei	poteva he/she could / he/she was able to
noi	potevamo we could / we were able to
voi	potevate you all could / you all were able to
loro	potevano they could / they were able to

io	potrò I will be able to
tu	potrai you will be able to
lui/lei	potrà he/she will be able to
noi	potremo we will be able to
voi	potrete you all will be able to
loro	potranno they will be able to

io	ho potuto I was able to / I have been able to
tu	hai potuto you were able to / you have been able to
lui/lei	ha potuto he/she was able to / he/she has been able to
noi	abbiamo potuto we were able to / we have been able to
voi	avete potuto you all were able to / you all have been able to
loro	hanno potuto they were able to / they have been able to

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