possum

Significado (Inglés)

1. (impersonal, suppletive) be able to, can, may
2. (impersonal, suppletive) to have influence or efficacy, to avail, to have power over, to have mastery of, to rule over
3. (impersonal, suppletive) to partake of, to attain, to fulfill
4. (impersonal, suppletive) to accord to one's abilities or power

Conceptos

poder

Opuesto a

nequeō

Sinónimos

queo

sim

evalesco

licet

scio

mihi licet

Traducciones

pouvoir

potere

poder

μπορώ

can

können

poder

اِسْتَطَاعَ

karîn

dürfen

mogen

be able to

be able

مُمْكِن

Pronunciado como (IPA)

[ˈpɔs.sũː]

Etimología (Inglés)

From Proto-Italic *possom, from *potis (“master in control of”) + *som (“I am”). By surface analysis, potis + sum. Cognates include Oscan púttiad (“they can”) and South Picene puti (“I could”).