poder

Pronúncia: puðé
    verb transitiu
  1. [capacitat física, habilitat, mitjans] to be able to, can.
  2. aquesta nit no he pogut dormir I couldn’t sleep last night.
  3. [tenir dret] may, might.
  4. to be allowed to.
  5. en Joan no pot sortir després de les nou John is not allowed to go out after nine o’clock.
  6. puc anar amb tu? (may \ can) I go with you?
  7. [possibilitat] may, might, can.
  8. no ho puc comprar, és massa car I can’t buy it, it’s too expensive.
  9. pot venir en qualsevol moment he may come at any moment.
  10. no poder sinó, no poder menys de have to, be forced to.
  11. no vaig poder sinó convidar-la a sopar I couldn’t help asking her to dinner.
  12. pot ser maybe, perhaps.
  13. no pot ser! that’s impossible!
  14. pot ésser que it may be that, it is possible that, maybe, perhaps.
  15. aquesta casa no pot valer cinquanta mil euros figuradament this house cannot cost fifty thousand euros.
    16. verb intransitiu
  16. [tenir diners] to be wealthy.
  17. són persones que poden they are wealthy people.
  18. no poder més to be exhausted, be all in.
  19. (ídem) not to be able to stand it any more.
    20. masculí
  20. power, force, means.
  21. capacity.
  22. [força] strength.
  23. poder absorbent figuradament absorbing power.
  24. poder calorífic calorific value.
  25. [domini, autoritat] power.
  26. authority.
  27. en poder de l’enemic in enemy hands.
  28. poder adquisitiu purchasing power.
  29. poder legislatiu legislative power.
  30. dret power of attorney.
  31. per poders by proxy.
  32. dret i ciències polítiques power, authority.
  33. estar en el poder to be in power (a government).