we could, we were able to
Ella dijo que podíamos ir al parque.
She said we could go to the park.
Estaba pensado que tal vez todos podíamos salir algún día.
It was thought that maybe we could all go out someday.
— Lars y una chica de verdad (2007)
Nos podíamos haber divertido por un tiempo.
We could have had fun for a while.
Si podíamos recuperarla, tal vez podríamos recuperar a todos los humanos.
If we could recover her, perhaps we could recover all of humanity.
— Bugonia (2025)
Ayer éramos como ellos, bueno, no todo el mundo, podíamos reír, dormir, comer.
Yesterday we were like them—well, not everyone. We could laugh, sleep, and eat.
— El salario del miedo (1953)
Podíamos hablar en inglés o en japonés.
We could speak in English or Japanese.
Hemos hecho todo lo que podíamos.
We have done everything we could.