Usage examples of "podía" in Spanish with translation to English

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Corrió tan rápido como podía. She ran as fast as possible.

Tom no podía hablarle a Mary. Tom wasn't able to talk to Mary.

Podía tocar muy bien el piano. I was able to play piano very well.

Ella no podía abrir la botella. She wasn't able to open the bottle.

Él podía jactarse de su conocimiento. He was apt to boast of his knowledge.

Él no podía hacer lo que quería. He was not able to do what he wanted.

Él podía hacer de todo a voluntad. He was able to do everything at will.

Me pregunté cómo podía lidiar con esto. I wondered how I would cope with this.

El árbol se podía caer en cualquier momento. The tree was ready to fall at any moment.

Ella no podía complacerlo por más que intentara. However hard she tried, she was unable to please him.

Tom no podía decidir por quién debería votar. Tom was unable to decide who he should vote for.

El dolor era tal que no podía dormir. The pain was such that I was not able to sleep.

Tom no podía recordar qué había comido de desayuno. Tom was unable to remember what he had eaten for breakfast.

Yo sabía que algo malo podía ocurrir si Tom y Mary iba a hacer hikking (caminatas) juntos. I knew something bad would happen if Tom and Mary went hiking together.

Una vez, un novato se encontró con Betty, y mientras hacía todo lo que podía para que no le matase, acabó matándose a sí mismo. A noob once met Betty and while desperately trying hard not to get killed, ended up killing himself.

No estábamos seguros de qué tipo de persona podía ser Tom y si a él le gustaría vivir en la misma casa que a nosotros. We were unsure what kind of person Tom would be and whether he would like to live in the same house as us.

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