be able to

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• Albanian: mund — have ability to
• Amharic: መቻል (mäčal) — have ability to
• Arabic: اِسْتَطَاعَ (istaṭāʕa) — have ability to
• Arabic: قَدَرَ (qadara) — have ability to
• Arabic: قدر (ʔidir) — have ability to
• Aragonese: poder — have ability to
• Argobba: ቻል (čālā) — have ability to
• Armenian: կարողանալ (karoġanal) — have ability to
• Armenian: ի վիճակի լինել (i vičaki linel) — have ability to
• Aromanian: pot — have ability to
• Asturian: poder — have ability to
• Belarusian: магчы́ (mahčý) — have ability to
• Belarusian: змагчы́ (zmahčý) — have ability to
• Belarusian: уме́ць (umjécʹ) — have ability to
• Belarusian: ўмець (wmjecʹ) — have ability to
• Belarusian: суме́ць (sumjécʹ) — have ability to
• Bulgarian: мо́га (móga) — have ability to
• Burmese: နိုင် (nuing) — have ability to
• Burmese: တတ် (tat) — have ability to
• Catalan: poder — have ability to
• Chinese Mandarin: 能 (néng) — have ability to
• Chinese Mandarin: 能夠 /能够 (nénggòu) — have ability to
• Chinese Mandarin: 會 /会 (huì) — have ability to
• Chuukese: tongeni — have ability to
• Ngazidja Comorian: ushinɗa — have ability to
• Czech: moci — have ability to
• Czech: umět — have ability to
• Dalmatian: potar — have ability to
• Danish: kunne — have ability to
• Dutch: kunnen — have ability to
• Dutch: vermogen — have ability to
• Dutch: in staat zijn te — have ability to
• Esperanto: povi — have ability to
• Estonian: saama — have ability to
• Extremaduran: poel — have ability to
• Extremaduran: puel — have ability to
• Faroese: kunna — have ability to
• Finnish: voida — have ability to
• Finnish: kyetä — have ability to
• Finnish: pystyä — have ability to
• Finnish: osata — have ability to
• Finnish: saada — have ability to
• French: pouvoir — have ability to
• French: savoir — have ability to
• French: être capable de — have ability to
• Friulian: podê — have ability to
• Galician: poder — have ability to
• Galician: ser quen — have ability to
• Georgian: შეუძლია (šeuʒlia) — have ability to
• German: können — have ability to
• German: vermögen — have ability to
• German: in der Lage sein — have ability to
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 (magan) — have ability to
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (kunnan) — have ability to
• Greek: μπορώ (boró) — have ability to
• Ancient Greek: δύναμαι (dúnamai) — have ability to
• Haitian Creole: ka — have ability to
• Haitian Creole: kapab — have ability to
• Haitian Creole: kab — have ability to
• Hebrew: יָכוֹל (yakhól) — have ability to
• Hindi: सकना (saknā) — have ability to
• Hungarian: tud — have ability to
• Hungarian: képes — have ability to
• Ido: povar — have ability to
• Interlingua: poter — have ability to
• Irish: is féidir le — have ability to
• Irish: tar le — have ability to
• Old Irish: con·icc — have ability to
• Old Irish: ro- — have ability to
• Italian: potere — have ability to
• Italian: sapere — have ability to
• Japanese: 出来る (dekiru) — have ability to
• Kabyle: zmer — have ability to
• Korean: -을 수 있다 (-eul su itda) — have ability to
• Central Kurdish: tiwanîn — have ability to
• Northern Kurdish: kanîn — have ability to
• Northern Kurdish: karîn — have ability to
• Northern Kurdish: şiyan — have ability to
• Northern Kurdish: tiwanîn — have ability to
• Lao: ໄດ້ (dai) — have ability to
• Lao: ສາມາດ (sā māt) — have ability to
• Latin: possum — have ability to
• Latin: scio — have ability to
• Latin: queo — have ability to
• Latvian: prast — have ability to
• Latvian: varēt — have ability to
• Ligurian: poéi — have ability to
• Lithuanian: galėti — have ability to
• Lombard: podè — have ability to
• Lü: ᦡᦺᧉ (ḋay2) — have ability to
• Macedonian: може (može) — have ability to
• Malay: boleh — have ability to
• Maltese: sata — have ability to
• Eastern Mari: мошташ (moštaš) — have ability to
• Neapolitan: se firà — have ability to
• Norman: pouver — have ability to
• Norwegian Bokmål: greie — have ability to
• Norwegian Bokmål: være i stand til — have ability to
• Norwegian Bokmål: kunne — have ability to
• Norwegian Bokmål: formå — have ability to
• Norwegian Bokmål: klare — have ability to
• Norwegian Bokmål: makte — have ability to
• Norwegian Bokmål: evne — have ability to
• Occitan: pòder — have ability to
• Occitan: podre — have ability to
• Persian: توانستن (tavânestan) — have ability to
• Plautdietsch: kjennen — have ability to
• Polish: móc — have ability to
• Polish: być w stanie — have ability to
• Polish: umieć — have ability to
• Portuguese: poder — have ability to
• Portuguese: saber — have ability to
• Portuguese: conseguir — have ability to
• Romanian: putea — have ability to
• Romansh: pudair — have ability to
• Romansh: puder — have ability to
• Romansh: pudeir — have ability to
• Russian: мочь (močʹ) — have ability to
• Russian: смочь (smočʹ) — have ability to
• Russian: быть в состоя́нии (bytʹ v sostojánii) — have ability to
• Russian: уме́ть (umétʹ) — have ability to
• Russian: суме́ть (sumétʹ) — have ability to
• Sardinian: podere — have ability to
• Sardinian: podi — have ability to
• Sardinian: podiri — have ability to
• Sardinian: pori — have ability to
• Sardinian: porrere — have ability to
• Sardinian: potere — have ability to
• Sardinian: pòdere — have ability to
• Serbo-Croatian: моћи — have ability to
• Serbo-Croatian: умјети — have ability to
• Serbo-Croatian: умети — have ability to
• Serbo-Croatian: moći — have ability to
• Serbo-Croatian: umjeti — have ability to
• Serbo-Croatian: umeti — have ability to
• Sicilian: putiri — have ability to
• Slovak: môcť — have ability to
• Slovene: moči — have ability to
• Slovene: znati — have ability to
• Lower Sorbian: móc — have ability to
• Spanish: poder — have ability to
• Spanish: ser capaz de — have ability to
• Spanish: saber — have ability to
• Sranan Tongo: man — have ability to
• Swahili: kuweza — have ability to
• Swedish: kunna — have ability to
• Tetum: bele — have ability to
• Thai: ได้ (dâai) — have ability to
• Thai: สามารถ (sǎa-mâat) — have ability to
• Thai: เป็น (bpen) — have ability to
• Tocharian B: yāt- — have ability to
• Turkish: -ebilmek — have ability to
• Ukrainian: могти́ (mohtý) — have ability to
• Ukrainian: змогти́ (zmohtý) — have ability to
• Ukrainian: вмі́ти (vmíty) — have ability to
• Ukrainian: умі́ти (umíty) — have ability to
• Ukrainian: зумі́ти (zumíty) — have ability to
• Urdu: سکنا (saknā) — have ability to
• Venetan: poder — have ability to
• Vietnamese: có thể — have ability to
• Vietnamese: nổi — have ability to
• Volapük: kanön — have ability to
• Walloon: poleur — have ability to
• Welsh: gallu — have ability to
• Zhuang: maenz — have ability to