podido

been able to

p o ˈd i d o → poder
pod to be able to, can + ido past participle
verb · masculine singular · past Uncommon #22,857
been able to Past participle of "poder"; usually used with "haber" (e.g., "he/has/han podido").
SP: No he podido ir a la fiesta.
EN: I haven't been able to go to the party.
Conjugation of poder
Past
podido

Unas horas más y no te hubiéramos podido ayudar.

A few more hours and we wouldn't have been able to help you.

— El señor de los anillos: La comunidad del anillo (2001)

Habría venido ayer si hubiese podido.

I would have come yesterday if I had been able to.

Si hubieras venido un poco antes, hubieras podido conocerla.

If you had come a little earlier, you could have met her.

Como bien habrá podido observar, doctor, no soy humano.

As you may have noticed, doctor, I am not human.

— Star Trek II: La ira de Khan (1982)

Siento no haberte podido salvar.

I'm sorry I couldn't save you.

— Los pecadores (2025)

Ojalá hubieras podido estar ahí.

I wish you could have been there.

Lo sé, porque si me conociera, no hubiese podido seguirla.

I know, because if she knew me, she wouldn't have been able to follow her.

— Psicosis (1960)

Con esa cantidad, habrían podido acabar con el comercio de drogas.

With that amount, they could have ended the drug trade.

— Tropa de élite (2007)

Aquellas personas eran mis padres, pero hubieran podido ser otras.

Those people were my parents, but they could have been others.

— El cielo sobre Berlín (1987)

No habrías podido dejarla tan fácilmente.

You wouldn't have been able to leave her so easily.

— La escafandra y la mariposa (2007)

Sin tu ayuda, no hubiese podido terminar el trabajo.

Without your help, I wouldn't have been able to finish the work.

Y siento que el padre de Nick no haya podido estar aquí.

And I'm sorry that Nick's father couldn't be here.

— Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

Hubiéramos podido comprar el auto con un poco más de dinero.

We could have bought the car with a little more money.

auxiliary · past Rare #27,418
been able to Past participle of "poder", used with "haber" to form perfect tenses (e.g., "he podido" = "I have been able to").
SP: He podido hablar con el médico hoy.
EN: I have been able to talk to the doctor today.
Conjugation of poder
Past
podido

Me sorprende que haya podido comer algo.

I'm surprised he was able to eat anything.

— “Cumbres Borrascosas” (2026)

Creo que hubiese podido aprender algo de ti.

I think I could have learned something from you.

— Ip Man (2008)

No soy capaz de entender cómo ha podido llegar a pasar algo así.

I can’t understand how something like this could have happened.

No entiendo cómo he podido cometer semejante error.

I don't understand how I could have made such a mistake.

Hay detalles que no se ha podido inventar.

There are details that could not have been invented.

— Las diabólicas (1955)

Ojalá hubiera podido hacer más.

I wish I could have done more.

— Aún estoy aquí (2024)

Lo que habrá podido llorar mi madre.

My mother must have cried so much.

— La dolce vita (1960)

No entiendo cómo has podido pensar eso.

I don't understand how you could have thought that.

— Caché (Escondido) (2005)

Igual la hubieras podido conseguir llamando al Pentágono.

You might have been able to get it by calling the Pentagon.

— Algunos hombres buenos (1992)

Obviamente, no ha podido firmar uno todavía.

Obviously, he hasn't been able to sign one yet.

— Guardianes del día (2006)

Ojalá hubiéramos podido usarla contra Alemania.

If only we had been able to use it against Germany.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

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