pudo

/ˈpudo/, [ˈpu.ð̞o]

could

Examples

Tom no pudo levantar la maleta de Mary.

Tom couldn't lift Mary's suitcase.

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Tom pudo haber sido asesinado.

Tom could've been killed.

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Tom no pudo encontrar sus lentes.

Tom couldn't find his glasses.

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Dan no pudo salvar a los rehenes.

Dan failed to save the hostages.

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Tom no pudo recordar en dónde había estado aquella noche.

Tom couldn't remember where he had been on that night.

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¿Cómo pudo pasar esto?

How could this have happened?

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La policía no pudo encontrar ninguna huella afuera de la ventana de la habitación de Tom.

The police couldn't find any footprints outside Tom's bedroom window.

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Ella caminó tan rápido como pudo para alcanzarlo.

She walked as fast as she could to catch up with him.

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Ella se paró tan cerca de él como pudo.

She stood as close to him as she could.

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Él se esforzó todo lo que pudo para detener esa reforma.

He made great efforts to stop the reform as best he could.

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Tom no pudo ir al concierto porque tenía que trabajar.

Tom couldn't go to the concert because he had to work.

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Tom no se pudo controlar.

Tom couldn't control himself.

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Él no pudo haber estado allí ayer.

He cannot have been there yesterday.

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Tomando todo en consideración, él no pudo ser el criminal.

Taking everything into consideration, he can't be the criminal.

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Él no pudo venir debido al mal tiempo.

Because of the bad weather, he couldn't come.

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Ella no lo pudo convencer de que montara un caballo.

She couldn't convince him to ride a horse.

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Él no pudo ir a la fiesta por estar enfermo.

Because he was ill, he could not go to the party.

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Él no pudo haber dicho eso.

He cannot have said that.

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Tom hizo lo que pudo para ayudar a Mary a aprender francés.

Tom did his best to help Mary learn French.

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Pudo haber sido Tom.

It could've been Tom.

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