been able to
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)
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)
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)
No entiendo cómo has podido pensar eso.
I don't understand how you could have thought that.
— Caché (Escondido) (2005)