no podía recordar

couldn't remember

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couldn't remember Used to say that someone was unable to remember something in the past. The imperfect form podía describes an ongoing or repeated inability.

SP: No podía recordar dónde había dejado las llaves.

EN: I couldn't remember where I had left the keys.

Tom dijo que no podía recordar cómo hacerlo.

Tom said he couldn't remember how to do it.

Tom no podía recordar la dirección de Mary.

Tom couldn't remember Mary's address.

Ken no podía recordar su nombre.

Ken couldn't remember his name.

Tom no podía recordar el nombre del lugar en donde conoció a Mary.

Tom couldn't remember the name of the place where he met Mary.

Por un rato ella no podía recordar dónde estaba.

For a while she couldn't remember where she was.

No podía recordar el nombre de aquella canción.

I couldn't remember the name of that song.

Tom no podía recordar qué había comido de desayuno.

Tom couldn't remember what he had eaten for breakfast.