Poder - to be able to / can

Conjugations

Indicative Present

PersonConjugationEnglish
yopuedoI can
puedesyou can
nosotros/aspodemoswe can
él/ella/ustedpuedehe can
ellos/ellas/ustedespuedenthey can

Indicative Present Continuous

PersonConjugationEnglish
yoestoy pudiendoI am being able to
estás pudiendoyou are being able to
nosotros/asestamos pudiendowe are being able to
él/ella/ustedestá pudiendohe is being able to
ellos/ellas/ustedesestán pudiendothey are being able to

Indicative Preterite

PersonConjugationEnglish
yopudeI could
pudisteyou could
nosotros/aspudimoswe could
él/ella/ustedpudohe could
ellos/ellas/ustedespudieronthey could

Indicative Imperfect

PersonConjugationEnglish
yopodíaI used to be able to
podíasyou used to be able to
nosotros/aspodíamoswe used to be able to
él/ella/ustedpodíahe used to be able to
ellos/ellas/ustedespodíanthey used to be able to

Indicative Future

PersonConjugationEnglish
yopodréI will be able to
podrásyou will be able to
nosotros/aspodremoswe will be able to
él/ella/ustedpodráhe will be able to
ellos/ellas/ustedespodránthey will be able to

Indicative Informal Future

PersonConjugationEnglish
yovoy a poderI am going to be able to
vas a poderyou are going to be able to
nosotros/asvamos a poderwe are going to be able to
él/ella/ustedva a poderhe is going to be able to
ellos/ellas/ustedesvan a poderthey are going to be able to

Conditional

PersonConjugationEnglish
yopodríaI would be able to
podríasyou would be able to
nosotros/aspodríamoswe would be able to
él/ella/ustedpodríahe would be able to
ellos/ellas/ustedespodríanthey would be able to

Indicative Present Perfect

PersonConjugationEnglish
yohe podidoI have been able to
has podidoyou have been able to
nosotros/ashemos podidowe have been able to
él/ella/ustedha podidohe has been able to
ellos/ellas/ustedeshan podidothey have been able to

Indicative Past Perfect

PersonConjugationEnglish
yohabía podidoI had been able to
habías podidoyou had been able to
nosotros/ashabíamos podidowe had been able to
él/ella/ustedhabía podidohe had been able to
ellos/ellas/ustedeshabían podidothey had been able to

Indicative Future Perfect

PersonConjugationEnglish
yohabré podidoI will have been able to
habrás podidoyou will have been able to
nosotros/ashabremos podidowe will have been able to
él/ella/ustedhabrá podidohe will have been able to
ellos/ellas/ustedeshabrán podidothey will have been able to

Conditional Perfect

PersonConjugationEnglish
yohabría podidoI would have been able to
habrías podidoyou would have been able to
nosotros/ashabríamos podidowe would have been able to
él/ella/ustedhabría podidohe would have been able to
ellos/ellas/ustedeshabrían podidothey would have been able to

Subjunctive Present

PersonConjugationEnglish
yopuedaI can
puedasyou can
nosotros/aspodamoswe can
él/ella/ustedpuedahe can
ellos/ellas/ustedespuedanthey can

Subjunctive Imperfect

PersonConjugationEnglish
yopudieraI could
pudierasyou could
nosotros/aspudiéramoswe could
él/ella/ustedpudierahe could
ellos/ellas/ustedespudieranthey could

Subjunctive Future

PersonConjugationEnglish
yopudiereI will be able to
pudieresyou will be able to
nosotros/aspudiéremoswe will be able to
él/ella/ustedpudierehe will be able to
ellos/ellas/ustedespudierenthey will be able to

Subjunctive Present Perfect

PersonConjugationEnglish
yohaya podidoI have been able to
hayas podidoyou have been able to
nosotros/ashayamos podidowe have been able to
él/ella/ustedhaya podidohe has been able to
ellos/ellas/ustedeshayan podidothey have been able to

Subjunctive Past Perfect

PersonConjugationEnglish
yohubiera podidoI had been able to
hubieras podidoyou had been able to
nosotros/ashubiéramos podidowe had been able to
él/ella/ustedhubiera podidohe had been able to
ellos/ellas/ustedeshubieran podidothey had been able to

Subjunctive Future Perfect

PersonConjugationEnglish
yohubiere podidoI will have been able to
hubieres podidoyou will have been able to
nosotros/ashubiéremos podidowe will have been able to
él/ella/ustedhubiere podidohe will have been able to
ellos/ellas/ustedeshubieren podidothey will have been able to

Imperative Affirmative

PersonConjugationEnglish
puedebe able to!
nosotros/aspodamoslet’s be able to!
él/ella/ustedpuedabe able to! (formal)
ellos/ellas/ustedespuedanbe able to! (formal pl.)

Imperative Negative

PersonConjugationEnglish
no puedasdon’t be able to!
nosotros/asno podamoslet’s not be able to!
él/ella/ustedno puedadon’t be able to! (formal)
ellos/ellas/ustedesno puedandon’t be able to! (formal pl.)

Non-Finite Forms

FormConjugationEnglish
Infinitivepoderto be able to
Gerundpudiendobeing able to
Past Participlepodidobeen able to