poder
Aragonese
editEtymology
editFromVulgar Latinpotēre, regularization ofLatinposse.
Verb
editpoder
Asturian
editEtymology
editFromVulgar Latinpotēre, regularization ofLatinposse.
Noun
editVerb
editpoder
Conjugation
editinfinitive | poder | ||||||
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gerundive | pudiendo | ||||||
participle | mpodíu,fpodida,npodío,m plpodíos,f plpodíes | ||||||
person | first singular yo | second singular tu | third singular él/elli | first plural nosotros/nós | second plural vosotros/vós | third plural ellos | |
indicative | present | puedo,pueo | puedes,pues | pue | podemos | podéis | pueden,puen |
imperfect | podía | podíes | podía | podíemos~podíamos | podíais~podíeis | podíen | |
preterite | pudi | pudisti,pudiesti | pudo | pudimos,pudiemos | pudistis,pudiestis | pudieron | |
pluperfect | pudiera~pudiere | pudieras~pudieres | pudiera~pudiere | pudiéramos~pudiéremos | pudierais~pudiereis | pudieran~pudieren | |
future | podré | podrás | podrá | podremos | podréis | podrán | |
conditional | podría | podríes | podría | podríamos~podríemos | podríais~podríeis | podríen | |
subjunctive | present | pueda,puea | puedas,pueas | pueda,puea | podamos | podáis | puedam,pueam |
imperfect | pudiera~pudiere | pudieras~pudieres | pudiera~pudiere | pudiéramos~pudiéremos | pudierais~pudiereis | pudieran~pudieren | |
imperative | pue | podéi |
Bikol Central
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpodér (Basahan spellingᜉᜓᜇᜒᜍ᜔)
See also
editCatalan
editEtymology 1
editInherited fromOld Catalanpoder, fromVulgar Latinpotēre, regularization ofLatinposse.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editpoder (first-person singular presentpuc,first-person singular preteritepoguí,past participlepogut);root stress:(Central,Valencia,Balearic) /ɔ/
Conjugation
editinfinitive | poder | ||||||
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gerund | podent | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | pogut | poguda | |||||
plural | poguts | pogudes | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | puc | pots | pot | podem | podeu | poden | |
imperfect | podia | podies | podia | podíem | podíeu | podien | |
future | podré | podràs | podrà | podrem | podreu | podran | |
preterite | poguí | pogueres | pogué | poguérem | poguéreu | pogueren | |
conditional | podria | podries | podria | podríem | podríeu | podrien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | pugui | puguis | pugui | puguem | pugueu | puguin | |
imperfect | pogués | poguessis | pogués | poguéssim | poguéssiu | poguessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
affirmative | — | pugues | pugui | puguem | pugueu | puguin | |
negative (no) | — | nopuguis | nopugui | nopuguem | nopugueu | nopuguin |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editEtymology 2
editNominalization of Etymology 1.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editDerived terms
editEtymology 3
editPer GDLC, a popular alteration ofpotser.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editpoder
- (colloquial)maybe
- Synonym:potser
References
edit- “poder”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition,Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
- “poder”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2025.
- “poder” inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “poder” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
editEtymology
editFromOld Galician-Portuguesepoder, fromVulgar Latinpotēre, regularization ofLatinposse.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editpoder (first-person singular presentpodo,first-person singular preteritepuiden,past participlepodido)
poder (first-person singular presentpodoorposso,first-person singular preteritepudemorpude,past participlepodido,reintegrationist norm)
Conjugation
editSingular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (ti) | Third-person (el /ela /Vde.) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles /elas /Vdes.) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | poder | |||||
Personal | poder | poderes | poder | podermos | poderdes | poderen |
Gerund | ||||||
podendo | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | podido | podidos | ||||
Feminine | podida | podidas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | podo | podes | pode | podemos | podedes | poden |
Imperfect | podía | podías | podía | podiamos | podiades | podían |
Preterite | puiden | puideches | puido | puidemos | puidestes | puideron |
Pluperfect | puidera | puideras | puidera | puideramos | puiderades | puideran |
Future | poderei | poderás | poderá | poderemos | poderedes | poderán |
Conditional | podería | poderías | podería | poderiamos | poderiades | poderían |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | poida | poidas | poida | poidamos | poidades | poidan |
Imperfect | puidese | puideses | puidese | puidésemos | puidésedes | puidesen |
Future | puider | puideres | puider | puidermos | puiderdes | puideren |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | pode | poida | poidamos | podede | poidan | |
Negative (non) | nonpoidas | nonpoida | nonpoidamos | nonpoidades | nonpoidan |
1Less recommended.
Further reading
edit- “poder”, inDicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña:Royal Galician Academy,2012–2025
Noun
editDerived terms
edit- poderoso(“powerful; mighty”)
References
edit- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “poder”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “poder”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “poder”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “poder”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN
Occitan
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFromOld Occitanpoder, fromVulgar Latinpotēre, regularization ofLatinposse.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editpoder
Conjugation
editsimple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | poder | aver pogut | |||||
gerund | podent | use gerund ofaver + past participle | |||||
past participle | pogut | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | pòdi | pòdes | pòt | podèm | podètz | pòdon | |
imperfect | podiái | podiás | podiá | podiam | podiatz | podián | |
preterite | poguèri | poguères | poguèt | poguèrem | poguèretz | poguèron | |
future | poirai | poiràs | poirà | poirem | poiretz | poiràn | |
conditional | poiriái | poiriás | poiriá | poiriam | poiriatz | poirián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | poguèra | poguèras | poguèra | pogueram | pogueratz | poguèran | |
compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense ofaver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense ofaver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense ofaver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense ofaver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense ofaver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | pòsca | pòscas | pòsca | poscam | poscatz | pòscan | |
imperfect | poguèsse | poguèsses | poguèsse | poguèssem | poguèssetz | poguèsson | |
compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive ofaver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive ofaver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
pòsca | poscam | poscatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Noun
editOld Occitan
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFromVulgar Latinpotēre, regularization ofLatinposse.
Noun
editpoder m (oblique pluralpoders,nominative singularpoders,nominative pluralpoder)
- power(ability; capability)
Verb
editpoder
Descendants
edit- Occitan:poder
References
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “posse”, inFranzösisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 9: Placabilis–Pyxis,page233
Portuguese
editEtymology 1
editFromOld Galician-Portuguesepoder, fromVulgar Latinpotēre, regularization ofLatinposse.
Pronunciation
editAudio(Northern Portugal): (file) - Hyphenation:po‧der
Verb
editpoder (first-person singular presentposso,first-person singular preteritepude,past participlepodido)
- (auxiliary) tobe able to;can(to have the ability to) [withinfinitive]
- Synonym:conseguir
- Euposso arrumar isso. ―Ican fix this.
- 1943, André Luiz,Francisco Cândido Xavier,Nosso Lar:
- — Só amanhãpoderei diagnosticar seguramente, porque a pneumonia se apresenta muito complicada, em virtude da hipertensão. Todo o cuidado é pouco, o Dr. Ernesto reclama absoluto repouso.
- (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
- (auxiliary)can; to beallowed to(to have the permission to)[withinfinitive]
- Nãopodem ficar no pátio. ―Youcan’t stay in the yard.
- 1999,Os pecados da língua: pequeno repertório de grandes erros de linguagem, Editora AGE Ltda.,→ISBN,page114:
- O erro estava na receita, poisl é símbolo delitro e não abreviatura delata, palavra que nãopode ser abreviada, por questões de clareza.
- (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
- 2014, Augusto Boal,Hamlet e o filho do padeiro: Memórias imaginadas, Editora Cosac Naify,→ISBN,page217:
- Um poetapode acordar no meio da noite e escrever belo poema — basta inspiração! Um pintor pintar um quadro em minutos ou anos, como sentir melhor. Mas artistas de artes coletivas nãopodem convocar espectadores às três da madrugada, alegando que só nesse momento sentem que baixou o santo.
- (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
- (auxiliary)can;could(indicates possibility)[withinfinitive]
- O montanhistapodia cair a qualquer momento. ―The climbercould fall at any moment.
- 2006, Editora Sinodal,Celebrar Natal em família e comunidade,→ISBN,page32:
- Participar de um amigo secreto realmente é bastante divertido, principalmente quando a turma é animada. Porém, no final da brincadeira, ganhar algo que não agradapode ser decepcionante.
- (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
- 2007, Rubens Edwald Filho, Nilu Lebert,O cinema vai à mesa, Editora Melhoramentos,→ISBN,page31:
- Mudam os ingredientes do caldo, mudam as massas. O macarrão soba é à base de trigo sarraceno e é servido quente ou gelado; o udon, de farinha branca,pode ser encontrado fresco ou seco[…]
- (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
- (auxiliary)may;might(indicates possibility but uncertainty)[withinfinitive]
- Pode ser que eu vá, mas euposso ter natação nesse dia. ―Imight go, but Imay have swimming lessons that day.
- (intransitive) to be able totake on(to be able to defeat or withstand)[withcom‘someone’]
- Ninguémpode comigo!
- No onecan take meon!
- (informal,intransitive) to be available for a meeting or appointment
- Euposso terça.
- I'm available on Tuesday.
Conjugation
editSingular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele /ela /você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles /elas /vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | poder | |||||
Personal | poder | poderes | poder | podermos | poderdes | poderem |
Gerund | ||||||
podendo | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | podido | podidos | ||||
Feminine | podida | podidas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | posso | podes | pode | podemos | podeis | podem |
Imperfect | podia | podias | podia | podíamos | podíeis | podiam |
Preterite | pude | pudeste | pôde | pudemos | pudestes | puderam |
Pluperfect | pudera | puderas | pudera | pudéramos | pudéreis | puderam |
Future | poderei | poderás | poderá | poderemos | podereis | poderão |
Conditional | poderia | poderias | poderia | poderíamos | poderíeis | poderiam |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | possa | possas | possa | possamos | possais | possam |
Imperfect | pudesse | pudesses | pudesse | pudéssemos | pudésseis | pudessem |
Future | puder | puderes | puder | pudermos | puderdes | puderem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | pode | possa | possamos | podei | possam | |
Negative (não) | nãopossas | nãopossa | nãopossamos | nãopossais | nãopossam |
Etymology 2
editNominalization of Etymology 1.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- power(the ability to coerce, influence or control)
- O rei do Reino Unido tem poucopoder.
- The king of the United Kingdom has littlepower.
- (chieflygeopolitics)power(a powerful organization, especially a country)
- Synonym:potência
- Ospoderes mundiais se reuniram.
- The worldpowers got together.
- (politics)power(branch of the government)
- Quem lida com isso é opoder judiciário.
- Thebranch that deals with this is the judiciary.
- 2013, Fidélis Dalcin Barbosa,Semblantes de Pioneiros, Projeto Passo Fundo,→ISBN,page112:
- Junto aospoderes competentes chegavam insistentes súplicas de ajuda e proteção. Finalmente, após reiterados pedidos dos imigrantes, o Governo enviou alguns soldados.
- (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
- power(extraordinary quality)
- Synonym:virtude
- Essa vacina tem opoder da cura.
- This vaccine has thepower of cure.
- (science fiction)power;superpower(supernatural ability)
- Synonym:superpoder
- Meupoder favorito é o teletransporte.
- My favoritepower is teleportation.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Nheengatu:puderi
Spanish
editEtymology
editInherited fromVulgar Latinpotēre, regularization ofLatinposse.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editpoder (first-person singular presentpuedo,first-person singular preteritepude,past participlepodido)
- tobe able to,can
- ¿Puedes acompañarme mañana?
- Could you come with me tomorrow?
- Nopuedes salir ya que no tienes permiso.
- You can't go out since you're not allowed.
- Nopuedo hablar francés.
- I can't speak French.
- Podría ayudar si me dejaran.
- I could help you if you would let me.
- (El Salvador,colloquial,reflexive) to befamiliar with something, or with someone's personality
- ¿Te podés el número de tu prima?
- Do you know your cousin's phone number?
- Como entrenador, tengo quepoderme bien a todos mis jugadores.
- As a coach, I mustknow my players really well.
Usage notes
edit- This verb is replaced withsaber orsercapaz de for use with skills (as in to know how to do something) and omitted when relating to verbs of sense.
- Puedes hacerlo. ―Youcan do it.
- Ellaes capaz de nadar. / Ellasabe nadar. ―Shecan swim.
- Loveo. ―I [can] see it.
In thepreterite,poder means "to succeed in doing".
- Pude hablar con el profesor después de la clase.
- Imanaged to speak with the professor after class.
- Podíamos hablar con el profesor cuando quisiéramos.
- Wecould talk to the professor whenever we wanted.
Conjugation
editinfinitive | poder | ||||||
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gerund | pudiendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | podido | podida | |||||
plural | podidos | podidas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | puedo | puedestú podésvos | puede | podemos | podéis | pueden | |
imperfect | podía | podías | podía | podíamos | podíais | podían | |
preterite | pude | pudiste | pudo | pudimos | pudisteis | pudieron | |
future | podré | podrás | podrá | podremos | podréis | podrán | |
conditional | podría | podrías | podría | podríamos | podríais | podrían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | pueda | puedastú podásvos2 | pueda | podamos | podáis | puedan | |
imperfect (ra) | pudiera | pudieras | pudiera | pudiéramos | pudierais | pudieran | |
imperfect (se) | pudiese | pudieses | pudiese | pudiésemos | pudieseis | pudiesen | |
future1 | pudiere | pudieres | pudiere | pudiéremos | pudiereis | pudieren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | puedetú podévos | pueda | podamos | poded | puedan | ||
negative | nopuedas | nopueda | nopodamos | nopodáis | nopuedan |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editNoun
edit- power,reign
- proxy(written certificate of authority to act for another)
- authorization
- Synonym:autorización
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “poder”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Tagalog
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed fromSpanishpoder, fromVulgar Latinpotēre.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog)IPA(key):/poˈdeɾ/[poˈd̪ɛɾ]
- Rhymes:-eɾ
- Syllabification:po‧der
Noun
editpodér (Baybayin spellingᜉᜓᜇᜒᜇ᜔)
- power
- Synonyms:kapangyarihan,puwersa
- authority
- Synonym:awtoridad
Further reading
edit- “poder”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018
Anagrams
edit- Aragonese terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Aragonese terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Aragonese terms inherited from Latin
- Aragonese terms derived from Latin
- Aragonese lemmas
- Aragonese verbs
- Asturian terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Asturian terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Asturian terms inherited from Latin
- Asturian terms derived from Latin
- Asturian lemmas
- Asturian nouns
- Asturian masculine nouns
- Asturian verbs
- Bikol Central terms borrowed from Spanish
- Bikol Central terms derived from Spanish
- Bikol Central terms with IPA pronunciation
- Bikol Central lemmas
- Bikol Central nouns
- Bikol Central terms with Basahan script
- Catalan terms inherited from Old Catalan
- Catalan terms derived from Old Catalan
- Catalan terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Catalan terms inherited from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan verbs
- Catalan second conjugation verbs
- Catalan verbs with velar infix
- Catalan irregular verbs
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- Catalan adverbs
- Catalan colloquialisms
- Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Galician terms derived from Vulgar Latin
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- Galician terms derived from Latin
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician verbs
- Galician verbs ending in -er
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- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
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- Occitan terms inherited from Old Occitan
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- Occitan terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
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- Occitan third group verbs
- Occitan nouns
- Occitan masculine nouns
- Occitan countable nouns
- Old Occitan terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Old Occitan terms derived from Vulgar Latin
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- Old Occitan terms derived from Latin
- Old Occitan lemmas
- Old Occitan nouns
- Old Occitan masculine nouns
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- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
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- pt:Geopolitics
- pt:Politics
- pt:Science fiction
- Spanish terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin
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- Spanish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/eɾ
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- Spanish lemmas
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- Salvadoran Spanish
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- Spanish countable nouns
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- Tagalog terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/eɾ
- Rhymes:Tagalog/eɾ/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
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- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script