Wiktionary

poder

See also: põder and Põder

Aragonese edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse.

Verb edit

poder

  1. to be able to, can

Asturian edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse.

Noun edit

poder m (plural poderes)

  1. power

Verb edit

poder

  1. to be able to, can

Conjugation edit

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


Bikol Central edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish poder.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

podér

  1. power, might, force
    Synonyms: puwersa, kapangyarihan
  2. right, authority
    Synonym: awtoridad

See also edit

Catalan edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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

  1. to be able; can
  2. to be allowed, to be permitted; may
Conjugation edit
    Conjugation of poder (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)
infinitive poder
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) — no puguis no pugui no puguem no pugueu no puguin
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Nominalization of Etymology 1.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

poder m (plural poders)

  1. power
  2. ability
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Per GDLC, a popular alteration of potser.

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

poder

  1. (colloquial) maybe
    Synonym: potser

References edit

Galician edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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)

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of poder (irregular)
Singular Plural
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) non poidas non poida non poidamos non poidades non poidan
    Reintegrated conjugation of poder (irregular) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti / 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 podo, posso podes pode podemos podedes, podeis podem
Imperfect podia podias podia podíamos podíades, podíeis, podíais1 podiam
Preterite pudem, pude pudeste, pudeche1 pudo, pôde pudemos pudestes pudérom, puderam
Pluperfect pudera puderas pudera pudéramos pudérades, pudéreis, pudérais1 puderam
Future poderei poderás poderá poderemos poderedes, podereis poderám, poderão
Conditional poderia poderias poderia poderíamos poderíades, poderíeis, poderíais1 poderiam
Subjunctive
Present poda, possa podas, possas poda, possa podamos, possamos podades, possais podam, possam
Imperfect pudesse pudesses pudesse pudéssemos pudéssedes, pudésseis pudessem
Future puder puderes puder pudermos puderdes puderem
Imperative
Affirmative pode poda, possa podamos, possamos podede, podei podam, possam
Negative (nom) nom podas, nom possas nom poda, nom possa nom podamos, nom possamos nom podades, nom possais nom podam, nom possam

1Less recommended.

Further reading edit

Noun edit

poder m (plural poderes)

  1. power
  2. might
  3. possession

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • “poder” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “poder” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “poder” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “poder” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Occitan edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /puˈðe/ (Lengadocian)
  • IPA(key): /puˈðej/ (Limousin)
  • Audio (Béarn)(file)

Verb edit

poder

  1. to be able to, can

Conjugation edit

      Lengadocian (Central Occitan)
simple compound
infinitive poder aver pogut
gerund podent use gerund of aver + 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 of aver + past participle
pluperfect use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
past anterior use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
future perfect use the future tense of aver + past participle
conditional perfect use the conditional tense of aver + 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 of aver + past participle
pluperfect use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative — tu — nosautres vosautres —
pòsca poscam poscatz 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Noun edit

poder m (plural poders)

  1. power

Old Occitan edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse.

Noun edit

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

  1. power (ability; capability)

Verb edit

poder

  1. can; be able to

Descendants edit

  • Occitan: poder

References edit

Portuguese edit

 
Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /puˈdeɾ/ [puˈðeɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /puˈde.ɾi/ [puˈðe.ɾi]

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

Verb edit

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

  2. (auxiliary with a verb in the impersonal infinitive) to be able to; can (to have the ability to)
    Synonym: conseguir
    Eu posso arrumar isso.
    I can fix this.
  4. (auxiliary with a verb in the impersonal infinitive) can; to be allowed to (to have the permission to)
    Não podem ficar no pátio.
    You can’t stay in the patio.
  6. (auxiliary with a verb in the impersonal infinitive) can; could (indicates possibility)
    O montanhista podia cair a qualquer momento.
    The climber could fall at any moment.
  7. (auxiliary with a verb in the impersonal infinitive) may; might (indicates possibility but uncertainty)
    Pode ser que eu vá.
    I might go.
  9. (transitive with com) to be able to take on (to be able to defeat or withstand)
    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.
Conjugation edit
    Conjugation of poder (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
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) não possas não possa não possamos não possais não possam
Quotations edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:poder.

Etymology 2 edit

Nominalization of Etymology 1.

Pronunciation edit

 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /puˈdeɾ/ [puˈðeɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /puˈde.ɾi/ [puˈðe.ɾi]

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

Noun edit

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.
Quotations edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:poder.

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse.

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

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 somebody'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.

Usage notes edit

  • 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.

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of poder (irregular; o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive poder
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 no puedas no pueda no podamos no podáis no puedan

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of poder (irregular; o-ue alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive poder
dative poderme poderte poderle, poderse podernos poderos poderles, poderse
accusative poderme poderte poderlo, poderla, poderse podernos poderos poderlos, poderlas, poderse
with gerund pudiendo
dative pudiéndome pudiéndote pudiéndole, pudiéndose pudiéndonos pudiéndoos pudiéndoles, pudiéndose
accusative pudiéndome pudiéndote pudiéndolo, pudiéndola, pudiéndose pudiéndonos pudiéndoos pudiéndolos, pudiéndolas, pudiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative puede
dative puédeme puédete puédele puédenos not used puédeles
accusative puédeme puédete puédelo, puédela puédenos not used puédelos, puédelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative podé
dative podeme podete podele podenos not used podeles
accusative podeme podete podelo, podela podenos not used podelos, podelas
with formal second-person singular imperative pueda
dative puédame not used puédale, puédase puédanos not used puédales
accusative puédame not used puédalo, puédala, puédase puédanos not used puédalos, puédalas
with first-person plural imperative podamos
dative not used podámoste podámosle podámonos podámoos podámosles
accusative not used podámoste podámoslo, podámosla podámonos podámoos podámoslos, podámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative poded
dative podedme not used podedle podednos podeos podedles
accusative podedme not used podedlo, podedla podednos podeos podedlos, podedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative puedan
dative puédanme not used puédanle puédannos not used puédanles, puédanse
accusative puédanme not used puédanlo, puédanla puédannos not used puédanlos, puédanlas, puédanse

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Noun edit

poder m (plural poderes)

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

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Tagalog edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish poder.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /poˈdeɾ/, [poˈdɛɾ]
  • Hyphenation: po‧der

Noun edit

podér (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇᜒᜇ᜔)

  1. power
    Synonyms: kapangyarihan, puwersa
  2. authority
    Synonym: awtoridad

Further reading edit

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