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nós pudemos

we could, we were able to

p u d e m u ʃ → poder
pud be able to + emos we past tense
verb · first plural · past indicative Rare #27,774
we could, we were able to Simple past (pretérito perfeito) form of "poder" for "we".
PO: Ontem pudemos terminar o trabalho mais cedo.
EN: Yesterday we were able to finish the work earlier.
Conjugation of poder
SingularPlural
First — podermos
poder
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First pude pudemos
Third pôde puderam

Ficamos o máximo que pudemos.

We stayed as long as we could.

Nós pudemos vê-la viva.

We were able to see her alive.

— Era Uma Vez em Tóquio (1953)

Foi o que pudemos calcular.

That's what we were able to calculate.

— Salyut 7 (2017)

Atrás de um arbusto pudemos achar um objeto que nos leve ao criminoso.

Behind a bush we were able to find an object that will lead us to the criminal.

— M, o Vampiro de Dusseldorf (1931)

Fizemos o melhor que pudemos.

We did the best we could.

Fizemos o que pudemos por ele.

We did what we could for him.

Ficamos o maior tempo que pudemos.

We stayed as long as we could.

Nós pudemos salvar Tom.

We were able to save Tom.

Só pudemos segui-lo até a linha laranja do metrô.

We could only follow him as far as the orange subway line.

— Guardiões da Noite (2004)

Tom e eu fizemos o que pudemos.

Tom and I did what we could.