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Albanian: mund (sq)
American Sign Language: S@Sternumhigh-PalmDown-S@Sternumhigh-PalmDown S@Chesthigh-PalmDown-S@Chesthigh-PalmDown
Amharic: መቻል (mäčal)
Arabic: اِسْتَطَاعَ (ar) (istaṭāʕa), قَدَرَ (ar) (qadara)قدر (ʔidir)
Aragonese: poder (an)
Argobba: ቻል (čālā)
Armenian: կարողանալ (hy) (karoġanal), ի վիճակի լինել (i vičaki linel)
Aromanian: pot
Asturian: poder (ast)
Belarusian: магчы́ impf (mahčý), змагчы́ pf (zmahčý); (know how to) уме́ць impf (umjécʹ), ўмець impf (wmjecʹ), суме́ць pf (sumjécʹ)
Bulgarian: мо́га (bg) impf (móga)
Burmese: နိုင် (my) (nuing), တတ် (my) (tat)
Catalan: poder (ca)
Chinese:能 (zh) (néng), 能夠 / 能够 (zh) (nénggòu), (be skillful in doing) 會 / 会 (zh) (huì)
Chuukese: tongeni
Comorian:ushinɗa
Czech: moci (cs) impf, umět (cs) impf (to know how to)
Dalmatian: potar
Danish: kunne (da)
Dutch: kunnen (nl) , vermogen (nl) , in staat zijn te
Esperanto: povi (eo)
Estonian: saama (et)
Extremaduran: poel , puel
Faroese: kunna (fo)
Finnish: voida (fi) , kyetä (fi) , pystyä (fi) , osata (fi) , saada (fi)
French: pouvoir (fr) , savoir (fr) (for a skill), être capable de
Friulian: podê
Galician: poder (gl) , ser quen
Georgian: შეუძლია (šeuʒlia)
German: können (de) , vermögen (de) , in der Lage sein (de)
Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 (magan), 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (kunnan)
Greek: μπορώ (el) (boró)δύναμαι (dúnamai)
Haitian Creole: ka , kapab , kab
Hebrew: יָכוֹל (he) m (yakhól)
Hindi: सकना (hi) (saknā)
Hungarian: tud (hu) , képes (hu)
Ido: povar (io)
Interlingua: poter
Irish: is féidir le , tar le con·icc , ro-
Italian: potere (it) , sapere (it)
Japanese: 出来る (ja) (できる, dekiru), (also expressed with the potential form of the verb)
Kabyle: zmer
Korean: -을 수 있다 (-eul su itda)
Kurdish:tiwanîn kanîn (ku) , karîn (ku) , şiyan (ku) , tiwanîn (ku)
Lao: ໄດ້ (dai), ສາມາດ (sā māt)
Latin: possum (la) , scio (la) , (more an indirect object) queo
Latvian: prast (lv) , varēt (lv)
Ligurian: poéi
Lithuanian: galėti (lt)
Lombard: podè (lmo)
Lü: ᦡᦺᧉ (ḋay²)
Macedonian: може impf (može)
Malay: boleh (ms)
Maltese: sata
Mari:мошташ (moštaš)
Neapolitan: se firà
Norman: pouver
Norwegian:greie (no) , være i stand til , kunne (no) , formå (no) (literary, dated), klare (no) , makte (no) , evne (no)
Occitan: pòder , podre
Persian: توانستن (fa) (tavânestan)
Plautdietsch: kjennen
Polish: móc (pl) impf, być w stanie (pl) impf, umieć (pl) impf (to know how to)
Portuguese: poder (pt) , saber (pt) , conseguir (pt)
Romanian: putea (ro)
Romansh: pudair , puder , pudeir
Russian: мочь (ru) impf (močʹ), смочь (ru) pf (smočʹ), быть в состоя́нии (bytʹ v sostojánii), уме́ть (ru) (umétʹ), суме́ть (ru) pf (sumétʹ) (to be skilled enough)
Sardinian: podere , podi , podiri , pori , porrere , potere , pòdere
Serbo-Croatian:моћи impf, (to know how to) умјети impf / умети impfmoći impf, (to know how to) umjeti (sh) impf / umeti (sh) impf
Sicilian: putiri (scn)
Slovak: môcť impf
Slovene: moči (sl) impf, znati impf
Sorbian:móc impf
Spanish: poder (es) (for a possibility or capacity), ser capaz de (for a skill), saber (es) (for a skill)
Sranan Tongo: man
Swahili: kuweza
Swedish: kunna (sv)
Tetum: bele
Thai: ได้ (th) (dâai), สามารถ (th) (sǎa-mâat), เป็น (th) (bpen)
Tocharian B: yāt-
Turkish: -ebilmek (tr)
Ukrainian: могти́ (uk) impf (mohtý), змогти́ pf (zmohtý); (know how to) вмі́ти impf (vmíty), умі́ти impf (umíty), зумі́ти pf (zumíty)
Urdu: سکنا (saknā)
Venetan: poder
Vietnamese: có thể (vi) , nổi (vi)
Volapük: kanön (vo)
Walloon: poleur (wa)
Welsh: gallu (cy)
Zhuang: maenz