Meanings
verbbe able to (third-person singular simple present is able to, present participle being able to, simple past was able to, past participle been able to)
present singular third person is able to · participle present being able to · past was able to · participle past been able to
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Ancient Greek δύναμαι
- δύναμαι (dúnamai)have ability to
Arabic اِسْتَطَاعَ, قَدَرَ
- اِسْتَطَاعَ (istaṭāʕa)have ability to
- قَدَرَ (qadara)have ability to
Bulgarian мо́га
- мо́га (móga)have ability to
Catalan poder
- poderhave ability to
Chinese Mandarin 能, 能夠 /能够
- 能 (néng)have ability to
- 能夠 /能够 (nénggòu)have ability to
- 會 /会 (huì)have ability to
Czech moci, umět
- mocihave ability to
- uměthave ability to
Danish kunne
- kunnehave ability to
Dutch kunnen, vermogen
- kunnenhave ability to
- vermogenhave ability to
- in staat zijn tehave ability to
Esperanto povi
- povihave ability to
Estonian saama
- saamahave ability to
Finnish voida, kyetä
- voidahave ability to
- kyetähave ability to
- pystyähave ability to
- osatahave ability to
- saadahave ability to
French pouvoir, savoir
- pouvoirhave ability to
- savoirhave ability to
- être capable dehave ability to
German können, vermögen
- könnenhave ability to
- vermögenhave ability to
- in der Lage seinhave ability to
Greek μπορώ
- μπορώ (boró)have ability to
Hebrew יָכוֹל
- יָכוֹל (yakhól)have ability to
Hindi सकना
- सकना (saknā)have ability to
Hungarian tud, képes
- tudhave ability to
- képeshave ability to
Irish is féidir le, tar le
- is féidir lehave ability to
- tar lehave ability to
Italian potere, sapere
- poterehave ability to
- saperehave ability to
Japanese 出来る
- 出来る (dekiru)have ability to
Korean -을 수 있다
- -을 수 있다 (-eul su itda)have ability to
Latin possum, scio
- possumhave ability to
- sciohave ability to
- queohave ability to
Latvian prast, varēt
- prasthave ability to
- varēthave ability to
Lithuanian galėti
- galėtihave ability to
Malay boleh
- bolehhave ability to
Norwegian Bokmål greie, være i stand til
- greiehave ability to
- være i stand tilhave ability to
- kunnehave ability to
- formåhave ability to
- klarehave ability to
- maktehave ability to
- evnehave ability to
Persian توانستن
- توانستن (tavânestan)have ability to
Polish móc, być w stanie
- móchave ability to
- być w staniehave ability to
- umiećhave ability to
- potrafićhave ability to
Portuguese poder, saber
- poderhave ability to
- saberhave ability to
- conseguirhave ability to
Romanian putea
- puteahave ability to
Russian мочь, смочь
- мочь (močʹ)have ability to
- смочь (smočʹ)have ability to
- быть в состоя́нии (bytʹ v sostojánii)have ability to
- уме́ть (umétʹ)have ability to
- суме́ть (sumétʹ)have ability to
Slovak môcť
- môcťhave ability to
Spanish poder, ser capaz de
- poderhave ability to
- ser capaz dehave ability to
- saberhave ability to
Swahili kuweza
- kuwezahave ability to
Swedish kunna
- kunnahave ability to
Thai ได้, สามารถ
- ได้ (dâai)have ability to
- สามารถ (sǎa-mâat)have ability to
- เป็น (bpen)have ability to
Turkish -ebilmek
- -ebilmekhave ability to
Ukrainian могти́, змогти́
- могти́ (mohtý)have ability to
- змогти́ (zmohtý)have ability to
- вмі́ти (vmíty)have ability to
- умі́ти (umíty)have ability to
- зумі́ти (zumíty)have ability to
Urdu سکنا
- سکنا (saknā)have ability to
Vietnamese có thể, nổi
- có thểhave ability to
- nổihave ability to
Welsh gallu
- galluhave ability to
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“be able to.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be%20able%20to. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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