poder

to be able to, can

verb irregular Word 22 of the core 1,000 · Stage 1, Essentials

How to conjugate poder

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

yo	puedo I am able to / I can
tú	puedes you are able to / you can
él/ella	puede he/she is able to / you are able to (formal) / he/she can / you can (formal)
nosotros	podemos we are able to / we can
ellos/ellas	pueden they are able to / you all are able to / they can / you all can

yo	pude I was able to / I could
tú	pudiste you were able to / you could
él/ella	pudo he/she was able to / you were able to (formal) / he/she could / you could (formal)
nosotros	pudimos we were able to / we could
ellos/ellas	pudieron they were able to / you all were able to / they could / you all could

yo	podía I was able to / I used to be able to / I could
tú	podías you were able to / you used to be able to / you could
él/ella	podía he/she was able to / he/she used to be able to / you were able to (formal) / you used to be able to (formal) / he/she could / you could (formal)
nosotros	podíamos we were able to / we used to be able to / we could
ellos/ellas	podían they were able to / they used to be able to / you all were able to / you all used to be able to / they could / you all could

yo	podré I will be able to
tú	podrás you will be able to
él/ella	podrá he/she will be able to / you will be able to (formal)
nosotros	podremos we will be able to
ellos/ellas	podrán they will be able to / you all will be able to

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