ha podido

has been able to

→ haber
phrase Uncommon #22,706
has been able to Used to describe someone’s ability or possibility to do something.
SP: Por fin ha podido descansar.
EN: At last, he has been able to rest.

Cómo ha podido ocurrir?

How could this have happened?

— Stalker (1979)

Como no se le ha podido comprobar el robo del cuchillo.

Since the theft of the knife couldn’t be proven against him.

— Los olvidados (1950)

¿No ha podido venir?

Hasn't he been able to come?

— Бриллиантовая рука (1969)

Pero ha podido con ella la vergüenza.

But embarrassment got the better of her.

— Devdas (2002)

Cómo ha podido subir?

How could he have gone up?

— Amarcord (1973)

Como ha podido ver hoy, este asesino es muy listo.

As you have been able to see today, this murderer is very clever.

— Memorias de un Asesino (2003)

Desde que me rendí, nadie ha podido encontrarlas.

Since I gave up, no one has been able to find them.

— Nuremberg: El Juicio Del Siglo (2025)

¿Cómo le ha podido hacer esto a mi niño?

How could you do this to my boy?

— Un Taxista (2017)

Él es el único hombre que ha podido vivir con ella por tanto tiempo.

He is the only man who has been able to live with her for so long.

¿Quién ha podido hacerle esto al mundo?

Who could have done this to the world?

— Nausicaä del Valle del Viento (1984)

Nadie ha podido seguirme.

Nobody has been able to follow me.

— Érase una vez en el Oeste (1968)

Perdona, ¿cómo ha podido pasar?

Excuse me, how could this have happened?

— Anaconda (2025)

Todos saben que ella ha hecho todo lo que ha podido por sus hijos.

Everyone knows that she has done everything she could for her children.

¿No ha podido buscar a su hija?

Hasn't he been able to look for his daughter?

— La única opción (2025)

Siempre ha podido superar retos que se le han presentado en la vida.

He has always been able to overcome challenges that have come his way in life.

— Roma (2018)

¿Pero cómo ha podido ocurrir esto?

But how could this have happened?

— Die Blechtrommel (1979)