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no ha podido

hasn't been able to

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phrase Rare #34,306
hasn't been able to Used with an infinitive to say that someone has not been able to do something. The subject is often omitted.
SP: No ha podido encontrar las llaves.
EN: He hasn't been able to find the keys.

No ha podido venir porque se halla enfermo.

He hasn't been able to come because he is ill.

Tom no ha podido ir a la escuela por tres semanas.

Tom hasn't been able to go to school for three weeks.

¡El director no ha podido ser!

The director couldn't be there!

— Las diabólicas (1955)

Pero desde entonces no ha podido seguir mi ritmo.

But since then he hasn't been able to keep up with me.

— Gángster Americano (2007)

No ha podido venir.

He/She hasn't been able to come.

— Realmente amor (2003)

Desde que se hirió en un accidente, no ha podido volver a andar.

Since being injured in an accident, he has not been able to walk again.

Una mujer sola no ha podido hacer esto.

A woman alone could not have done this.

— El engaño (2026)

No ha podido llevar a cabo el ataque.

He was unable to carry out the attack.

— La Caída (2004)

Porque no ha podido entrar mi marido.

Because my husband couldn't get in.

— [REC] (2007)