poder

From Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse.

poder

1. to be able to, can

From Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse.

poder m (plural poderes)

1. power

poder

1. to be able to, can

Impersonal forms
Infinitive		poder
Gerund		pudiendo
Past participle		podíu
Personal forms
		yo	tu	él~elli/-a/-o	nosotros/-es~nós	vosotros/-es~vós	ellos/-es
Indicative	Present	puedo pueo	puedes pues	pue	podemos	podéis	pueden puen
	Imperfect preterite	podía	podíes	podía	podíemos~podíamos	podíais~podíeis	podíen
	Perfect preterite	pudi	pudisti pudiesti	pudo	pudimos pudiemos	pudistis pudiestis	pudieron
	Pluperfect preterite	pudiera~pudiere	pudieras~pudieres	pudiera~pudiere	pudiéramos~pudiéremos	pudierais~pudiereis	pudieran~pudieren
		yo	tu	él~elli/-a/-o	nosotros/-es~nós	vosotros/-es~vós	ellos/-es
Subjunctive	Present	pueda puea	puedas pueas	pueda puea	podamos	podáis	puedan puean
	Imperfect preterite	pudiera~pudiere	pudieras~pudieres	pudiera~pudiere	pudiéramos~pudiéremos	pudierais~pudiereis	pudieran~pudieren
		yo	tu	él~elli/-a/-o	nosotros/-es~nós	vosotros/-es~vós	ellos/-es
Potential	Future	podré	podrás	podrá	podremos	podréis	podrán
	Conditional	podría	podríes	podría	podríamos~podríemos	podríais~podríeis	podríen
		-	tu	vusté	nosotros/-es~nós	vosotros/-es~vós	vustedes
Imperative			pue		vamos poder	podéi

• Reference http://www.academiadelallingua.com/diccionariu/normes.pdf

Borrowed from Spanish poder.

• IPA^(key): /poˈdeɾ/ [poˈd̪eɾ]
• Hyphenation: po‧der

podér (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜇᜒᜍ᜔)

1. power, might, force

   Synonyms: puwersa, kapangyarihan

2. right, authority

   Synonym: awtoridad

Inherited from Old Catalan poder, from Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [puˈðɛ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [poˈðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [poˈðeɾ]

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poder (first-person singular present puc, first-person singular preterite poguí, past participle pogut); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. to be able; can
2. to be allowed, to be permitted; may

• potser

• potent

Nominalization of Etymology 1.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [puˈðɛr]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [poˈðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [poˈðeɾ]

• Audio:

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poder m (plural poders)

1. power
2. ability

• apoderar
• poderós

Per GDLC, a popular alteration of potser.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [puˈðe]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [poˈðe]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [poˈðeɾ]

poder

1. (colloquial) maybe

   Synonym: potser

• “poder” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “poder”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “poder” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “poder” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Galician-Portuguese poder, from Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse.

• IPA^(key): [poˈðeɾ]

poder (first-person singular present podo, first-person singular preterite puiden, past participle podido)
poder (first-person singular present podo or posso, first-person singular preterite pudem or pude, past participle podido, reintegrationist norm)

1. can (to be able)

• “poder”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

poder m (plural poderes)

1. power
2. might
3. possession

• poderoso (“powerful; mighty”)

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “poder”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “poder”, in Dicionario 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”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “poder”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• podeir (Auvergnat)
• pogússer (Auvergnat)
• pogueir (Auvergnat)
• puescher (Vivaro-Alpine) (Limousin)

From Old Occitan poder, from Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse.

• IPA^(key): /puˈðe/ (Lengadocian)
• IPA^(key): /puˈðej/ (Limousin)

• Audio (Béarn):

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poder

1. to be able to, can

poder m (plural poders)

1. power

• poer

From Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse.

poder m (oblique plural poders, nominative singular poders, nominative plural poder)

1. power (ability; capability)

poder

1. can; be able to

• Occitan: poder

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “posse”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 233

From Old Galician-Portuguese poder, from Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse.

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈde(h)/
  • (without vowel harmony) IPA^(key): /pɔˈde(h)/
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /puˈde(ɹ)/
• Hyphenation: po‧der

poder (first-person singular present posso, first-person singular preterite pude, past participle podido)

2. (auxiliary) to be able to; can (to have the ability to) [with infinitive]

   Synonym: conseguir

   Eu posso arrumar isso.

   I can fix this.

4. (auxiliary) can; to be allowed to (to have the permission to) [with infinitive]

   Não podem ficar no pátio.

   You can’t stay in the patio.

6. (auxiliary) can; could (indicates possibility) [with infinitive]

   O montanhista podia cair a qualquer momento.

   The climber could fall at any moment.

7. (auxiliary) may; might (indicates possibility but uncertainty) [with infinitive]

   Pode ser que eu vá.

   I might go.

9. (intransitive) to be able to take on (to be able to defeat or withstand) [with com ‘someone’]

   Ninguém pode comigo!

   No one can take me on!

11. (informal, intransitive) to be allowed

    Comer aqui pode.

    Eating here is allowed.

12. (informal, intransitive) to be available for a meeting or appointment

    Eu posso terça.

    I'm available on Tuesday.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:poder.

Nominalization of Etymology 1.

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈdeh/
  • (without vowel harmony) IPA^(key): /pɔˈdeh/
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /puˈdeɹ/
• Hyphenation: po‧der

poder m (plural poderes)

2. power (the ability to coerce, influence or control)

   O rei do Reino Unido tem pouco poder.

   The king of the United Kingdom has little power.

4. (chiefly geopolitics) power (a powerful organization, especially a country)

   Synonym: potência

   Os poderes mundiais se reuniram.

   The world powers got together.

6. possession; Only used in em poder de

   Synonym: posse

8. (politics) power (branch of the government)

   Quem lida com isso é o poder judiciário.

   The branch that deals with this is the judiciary.

10. power (extraordinary quality)

    Synonym: virtude

    Essa vacina tem o poder da cura.

    This vaccine has the power of cure.

12. (science fiction) power; superpower (supernatural ability)

    Synonym: superpoder

    Meu poder favorito é o teletransporte.

    My favorite power is teleportation.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:poder.

Inherited from Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse.

• IPA^(key): /poˈdeɾ/ [poˈð̞eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: po‧der

poder (first-person singular present puedo, first-person singular preterite pude, past participle podido)

1. to be able, can

   ¿Puedes acompañarme mañana?

   Could you come with me tomorrow?

   No puedes salir ya que no tienes permiso.

   You can't go out since you're not allowed.

   No puedo hablar francés.

   I can't speak French.

   Podría ayudar si me dejaran.

   I could help you if you would let me.

2. (El Salvador, colloquial, reflexive) to be familiar 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 que poderme bien a todos mis jugadores.

   As a coach, I must know my players really well.

• This verb is replaced with saber or ser capaz de for use with skills (as in to know how to do something) and omitted when relating to verbs of sense.

Puedes hacerlo. ― You can do it.

Ella es capaz de nadar. / Ella sabe nadar. ― She can swim.

Lo veo. ― I [can] see it.

In the preterite, poder means "to succeed in doing".

Pude hablar con el profesor después de la clase.

I managed to speak with the professor after class.

Podíamos hablar con el profesor cuando quisiéramos.

We could talk to the professor whenever we wanted.

poder m (plural poderes)

1. power, reign
2. authorization
3. proxy (written certificate of authority to act for another)

• “poder”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

• puder

Borrowed from Spanish poder, from Vulgar Latin potēre.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /poˈdeɾ/ [poˈd̪ɛɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: po‧der

podér (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇᜒᜇ᜔)

1. power

   Synonyms: kapangyarihan, puwersa

2. authority

   Synonym: awtoridad

• “poder”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• Pedro