possum

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

potere

essere capace di

Opposto di

nequeō

sinonimi

queo

sim

evalesco

licet

scio

mihi licet

Traduzioni

pouvoir

poder

poder

μπορώ

can

können

poder

اِسْتَطَاعَ

mogen

dürfen

karîn

be able to

be able

مُمْكِن

Pronunciato come (IPA)

[ˈpɔs.sũː]

Etimologia (Inglese)

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”).