Spanish Verb poder - to be able, can. Your Daily Spanish Lesson

Spanish Verb poder: to be able is poder

The Spanish for can, be able is the irregular Spanish verb poder.
Imagine you can wear a POD of peas in your HAIR!

Poder is an irregular -ER verb, and one of the ten most important verbs in Spanish. It has a few little quirky conjugations - like most of the most important verbs. It is a unique verb in its conjugations, no other verb conjugates in the same way, so learn it thoroughly.
Poder is used differently from saber - which means to know how (to do something), ie:

indicates ability or permission to do something
used to make requests - may I?, can I? could I?
used to make suggestions - could, might
Preterit is usually used to show what could have happened in the past.

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to have, be able: poder
Imagine you can wear a POD of peas in your HAIR!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE poder
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb poder
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente can, be able	puedo	puedes	puede	podemos	podéis	pueden
Imperfect Imperfecto could, was able	podía	podías	podía	podíamos	podíais	podían
Preterit Pretérito could, was able	pude	pudiste	pudo	pudimos	pudisteis	pudieron
Future Futuro will be able	podré	podrás	podrá	podremos	podréis	podrán
Conditional Condicional would have, be able	podría	podrías	podría	podríamos	podríais	podrían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may have, be able	pueda	puedas	pueda	puedamos	puedáis	puedan
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjuntivo may have, be able	pudiera	pudieras	pudiera	pudieramos	pudieráis	pudieran
	pudiese	pudieses	pudiese	pudiésemos	pudieséis	pudiesen
Imperatives Spanish Verb poder
Imperative Imperativo can!		puede!	pueda!	podamos!	poded!	puedan!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo Cannot!		no puedas!	no pueda!	no podamos!	no podáis!	no puedan!
Compound Tenses of the Spanish Verb poder Past Participle: *podido*
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have been able	he podido	has podido	ha podido	hemos podido	habéis podido	han podido
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had been able	hube podido	hubiste podido	hubo podido	hubimos podido	hubisteis podido	hubieron podido
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had have been able	había podido	habías podido	había podido	habíamos podido	habíais podido	habían podido
Present Perfect Subjunctive Presente perfecto have been able	haya podido	hayas podido	haya podido	hayamos podido	hayáis podido	hayan podido
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have been able	habré podido	habrás podido	habrá podido	habremos podido	habréis podido	habrán podido
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have been able	habría podido	habrías podido	habría podido	habríamos podido	habríais podido	habrían podido
Pluperfect Pluscuamperfecto may have been able	hubiera podido	hubieras podido	hubiera podido	hubiéramos podido	hubierais podido	hubieran podido
Pluperfect Pluscuamperfecto may have been able	hubiese podido	hubieses podido	hubiese podido	hubiésemos podido	hubieseis podido	hubiesen podido
Progressive Tenses poder Present Participle: *pudiendo*
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am (being) able	estoy pudiendo	estás pudiendo	está pudiendo	estamos pudiendo	está pudiendo	están pudiendo
Preterit Progressive Pretérito was able	estuve pudiendo	estuviste pudiendo	estuvo pudiendo	estuvimos pudiendo	estuvisteis pudiendo	estuvieron pudiendo
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto had been able	estaba pudiendo	estabas pudiendo	estaba pudiendo	estábamos pudiendo	estabais pudiendo	estaban pudiendo
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto will be able	estaré pudiendo	estarás pudiendo	estará pudiendo	estaremos pudiendo	estaréis pudiendo	estarán pudiendo
Conditional Progressive Condicional perfecto would have been able	estaría pudiendo	estarías pudiendo	estabría pudiendo	estaríamos pudiendo	estaríais pudiendo	estarían pudiendo
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo may have been able	que ~ pudiendo	que ~ pudiendo	que ~ pudiendo	que ~ pudiendo	que ~ pudiendo	que ~ pudiendo

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MORE on the SPANISH VERB poder

poder con : To manage with.
a más no poder : as much as is possible.
¿Se puede? : May I?

No puede ser. / No pudo ser. : It can't be / It wasn't (possible).
Sí puede ser / a puede ser : If possible.
Puede que sí, puede que no. : Maybe, maybe not.

el poder (nm) : power / poderoso (adj) : powerful.
tomar/estar en el poder : to seize / be in power.
poder absoluto/ejecutivo : absolute / executive power.

HOW TO CONQUER SPANISH VERB CONJUGATION

The Spanish verb for have poder is an irregular ER verb, so you need to learn the conjugation.
Learn to conjugate poder and reinforce the pattern.
Do a series of other ER verbs every day for a month and you will have a solid knowledge of the ER verbs' conjugation patterns. Keep doing them with a new one every day from the Spanish Verbs List.
The same applies to the various patterns. Each month we feature a daily verb from one of the major pattern groups.
Repeating these tables aloud 10 times throughout the day will better embed the patterns into your subconscious, and your long term memory.
Reciting aloud is a great way for you to practice your pronunciation, and helps you to memorize the conjugations.

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