pôde
See also: Appendix:Variations of "pode"
Galician
Verb
pôde
- (reintegrationist norm) third-person singular preterite indicative of poder
Macanese
Alternative forms
- pódi, pôdi
Etymology
From Portuguese pode, irregularly borrowing from the third-person singular present form of the infinitive (poder) rather than the infinitive itself. See têm for a similar phenomenon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔdi/, /ˈpɔdɛ/
Verb
pôde
- to be able to, can
- Vôs pôde priguntâ co êle
- You can ask him
- Quê cuza pôde fazê?
- What can be done?
- Se pôde, sâm capaz; si nom pôde, sâm capám
- If you can, you're smart; if you can't, you're useless
References
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpo.d͡ʒi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpo.de/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpo.dɨ/ [ˈpo.ðɨ]
- Hyphenation: pô‧de
Verb
pôde
- third-person singular preterite indicative of poder
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpu̯oɟe]
Noun
pôde
- dative/locative singular of pôda