no ha podido

has not been able to

→ no

phrase Rare #31,454

has not been able to Used with an infinitive to say that someone has been unable to do something. Depending on context, it can also be translated as “couldn't.”

SP: No ha podido terminar el trabajo.

EN: He hasn't been able to finish the work.

No ha podido llevar a cabo el ataque.

He was unable to carry out the attack.

— El hundimiento (2004)

No ha podido venir.

He/She hasn't been able to come.

— Love Actually (2003)

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

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

Una mujer sola no ha podido hacer esto.

A woman alone could not have done this.

— El engaño (2026)

Pero desde entonces no ha podido seguir mi ritmo.

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

— American Gangster (2007)

No ha podido venir porque se halla enfermo.

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

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.

Porque no ha podido entrar mi marido.

Because my husband couldn't get in.

— [REC] (2007)