hay cosas que no se pueden

there are things that can't be...

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there are things that can't be... This is an incomplete phrase used before an infinitive to say that some things cannot be done, accepted, left to chance, or otherwise treated in a certain way. The verb after “se pueden” completes the meaning.

SP: Hay cosas que no se pueden cambiar.

EN: There are things that can't be changed.

Hay cosas que no se pueden hacer en el último momento.

There are things that can't be done at the last minute.

Hay cosas que no se pueden admitir.

There are some things that simply cannot be tolerated.

— Ip Man (2008)

Hay cosas que no se pueden dejar al azar.

There are some things that cannot be left to chance.

Hay cosas que no se pueden tragar y no hablo del pescado.

There are things you can't swallow, and I'm not talking about fish.

— Las diabólicas (1955)

Hay cosas que no se pueden dejar a la casualidad.

There are things that cannot be left to chance.