putea Verb, putea ▼ ▶

1. (catenative, informally also, _, transitive) to be able to; can, could, may
   Nu pot înțelege ce zici.

   I can’t understand what you're saying.

   Pot să stau aici?

   May I sit here?

   Poate să vină?

   Can he come?

   Puteți să mă ajutați, vă rog?

   Can you help me, please?
2. (reflexive, impersonal, catenative) to be possible, to be conceivable, to be a possibility
   Se poate să fi greșit.

   It could be that they made a mistake.

   Se poate să mai primesc o foaie?

   Could I get another sheet?

   Pe vremea aceea nu se putea ieși din țară.

   In those days one couldn’t exit the country.

Appox. usage (any sense): 7690 per million words

Putere Proper noun, Putere

1. A surname

Appox. usage (any sense): less than 0.1 per million words

putere Noun, f, putere

1. force
2. power

Appox. usage (any sense): 246 per million words

puteruță Noun, f, puteruță

1. diminutive of putere

Appox. usage (any sense): less than 0.1 per million words

puteri Verb, puteri

1. definition not found for this word

Appox. usage (any sense): 130 per million words