podido

/poˈdido/, [poˈð̞i.ð̞o]

been able to, could, i have

Examples

Desde que se hirió en un accidente, no ha podido volver a andar.

Since he was injured in an accident, he could no longer walk.

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Él es el único hombre que ha podido vivir con ella por tanto tiempo.

He's the only man who could live with her for so long.

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No es para tomarse a risa que él no se haya podido graduar este año en la universidad.

It is no laughing matter that he couldn't graduate from university this year.

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Lamento no haber podido escribirte antes.

I'm sorry I couldn't write to you sooner.

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Todavía no he podido encontrar un trabajo.

I have not been able to find a job so far.

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He hecho lo que he podido.

I have done what I could.

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Sin tu cooperación, no habría podido terminar el trabajo a tiempo.

If I hadn't had your cooperation, I couldn't have finished the work in time.

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Me alegra haber podido ayudarle la semana pasada.

I'm glad I was able to help you last week.

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Creo que es una vergüenza que algunos profesores de lengua extranjera hayan podido graduarse de la universidad sin nunca haber estudiado con un hablante nativo.

I think it's a shame that some foreign language teachers were able to graduate from college without ever having studied with a native speaker.

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No he podido convencerle de que era cierto.

I could not persuade him that it was true.

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Lamento no haber podido verte cuando pasaste por acá hoy.

I'm sorry I wasn't able to see you when you came by today.

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Ojalá hubiera podido pasar más tiempo con mi padre antes de que muriera.

I wish that I could have spent more time with my father before he died.

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Desearía haber podido hablar en español.

I wish I could have spoken Spanish.

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Tom no ha podido ir a la escuela por tres semanas.

Tom hasn't been able to go to school for three weeks.

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Lamento que no hayas podido venir con nosotros.

I'm sorry that you couldn't come with us.

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La gran pregunta que jamás ha sido respondida, y que no he podido responder a pesar de mis treinta años de estudio de la mente femenina es: ¿Qué quiere una mujer?

The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is "What does a woman want?"

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He hecho todo lo que he podido por ayudarte. El resto depende de ti.

I have done the best I could to help you. The rest is up to you.

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¿Cómo he podido enamorarme de ella tan rápidamente?

How could I have fallen in love with her so quickly?

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Qué pena que no hayas podido venir.

It's a pity that you couldn't come.

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Si Dios me hubiera preguntado, cuando estaba creando los planetas, le habría podido sugerir un sistema más sencillo.

If God had consulted me before embarking on the creation of the planets, I would have suggested a simpler system.

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