hemos podido

we have been able to

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we have been able to Used with an infinitive to say that we have managed or been able to do something. On its own, it can mean “we have been able” or “we could.”

SP: Hemos podido terminar el trabajo a tiempo.

EN: We have been able to finish the work on time.

¿Tan mal lo hemos podido hacer?

Could we really have done that badly?

— Running on Empty (1988)

Aquí hemos hecho lo que hemos podido.

We’ve done what we could here.

— Bajocero (2021)

Hemos podido evadir a Zidler.

We’ve managed to evade Zidler.

— Moulin Rouge, amor en rojo (2001)

Hemos hecho lo que hemos podido.

We have done what we could.

Pero hasta este año no hemos podido cambiarle de apellido.

But we haven't been able to change his last name until this year.

— Running on Empty (1988)

No hemos podido hacer nada.

We haven't been able to do anything.

— Buenos Muchachos (1990)

Hemos hecho todo lo que hemos podido.

We have done everything we could.

Sólo nosotros hemos podido escapar.

Only we have been able to escape.

— El Bueno, El Malo y El Feo (1966)

Lo bueno es que hemos podido estar en Osaka con nuestro hijo Keizo.

The good thing is that we were able to be in Osaka with our son Keizo.

— Cuentos de Tokio (1953)

No hemos podido ponernos en contacto con él.

We haven't been able to get in touch with him.

Hemos podido averiguar lo que ocurrió.

We have been able to find out what happened.

— La Sociedad de los Poetas Muertos (1989)