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hemos podido

we have been able to

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we have been able to Used with another verb to say that something was possible or that you managed to do it.
SP: Por fin hemos podido terminar el trabajo.
EN: We have finally been able to finish the work.

No hemos podido ponernos en contacto con él.

We haven't been able to get in touch with him.

Hemos hecho lo que hemos podido.

We have done what we could.

Hemos podido averiguar lo que ocurrió.

We have been able to find out what happened.

— El club de los poetas muertos (1989)

Hemos podido identificar tres de las víctimas.

We have been able to identify three of the victims.

No hemos podido hacer nada.

We haven't been able to do anything.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

Hemos hecho todo lo que hemos podido.

We have done everything we could.

Hemos podido evadir a Zidler.

We’ve managed to evade Zidler.

— Moulin Rouge (2001)

Sólo nosotros hemos podido escapar.

Only we have been able to escape.

— El bueno, el feo y el malo (1966)

Pero hasta este año no hemos podido cambiarle de apellido.

But we haven't been able to change his last name until this year.

— Un lugar en ninguna parte (1988)

No hemos podido averiguar nada acerca del abuelo y la abuela.

We haven't been able to find out anything about Grandpa and Grandma.

Lo bueno es que hemos podido estar en Osaka con nuestro hijo Keizo.

The good thing is that we were able to be in Osaka with our son Keizo.

— Cuentos de Tokio (1953)