no podías

couldn't

→ no
phrase Uncommon #19,544
couldn't Imperfect past tense of poder used with you. Means there was no ability or permission to do something.
SP: No podías entrar sin llave.
EN: You couldn't get in without a key.

Nadie dijo que no podías ir a pescar.

Nobody said you couldn't go fishing.

No podías estar en dos sitios a la vez.

You couldn't be in two places at once.

— Anatomía de una caída (2023)

Tienes que estar ciego como un topo si no podías verlo.

You must be blind as a mole if you couldn’t see it.

No podías dejarlo todo en paz, ¿Verdad, Nelson?

You just couldn't leave well enough alone, could you, Nelson?

— The Internship (2026)

No podías ir a muchos sitios.

You couldn't go to many places.

— Cinema Paradiso (1988)

No podías estar con esa pinta.

You couldn't be out there looking like that.

— Tigre y dragón (2000)

No podías hacerlo solo.

You couldn't do it alone.

— El club de la lucha (1999)

sabías que no podías dejarla sola.

You knew you couldn't leave her alone.

Pensé que me habías dicho que no podías hacer eso.

I thought you told me you couldn't do that.

Porque no podías escucharme sin eso.

Because you couldn't hear me without that.

— Malcolm X (1992)

En los otros no podías ni sentarte.

In the others you couldn't even sit down.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

No podías escoger.

You had no choice.

Con razón no podías tragar.

No wonder you couldn’t swallow.

— Dolor y gloria (2019)

No podías saberlo.

You couldn't have known.

— Masacre (Ven y mira) (1985)

Sabía que no podías esperar.

I knew you couldn’t wait.