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Poder Preterite Tense Conjugation - Spanish Preterite Tense Verb Conjugation - Conjugate Poder in Spanish Preterite Tense


Poder Preterite Tense Conjugation

Poder is a Spanish verb meaning can, to be able to. Poder is conjugated as an irregular verb in the preterite tense. Poder appears on the 100 Most Used Spanish Preterite Tense Verbs Poster as the 12nd most used irregular verb.

For the present tense conjugation, go to Poder Conjugation - Present Tense.

Poder Conjugation: Preterite Tense

yo pude
pudiste
él/ella pudo
ns. pudimos
vs. pudisteis
ellos/ellas pudieron

*Irregular forms in bold.

Poder Participio

The participio of Poder is podido. The present perfect tense is formed by combining the auxiliary verb haber with the participio.

Poder Imperfect Root

The imperfect root of Poder is podía. The imperfect tense is rarely irregular and can be easily conjugated from this form, which is the yo, and él/ella conjugation.

Regular vs. Irregular Verbs

A verb is called a regular verb when its conjugation follows a typical pattern. A verb which does not follow these patterns exactly is called an irregular verb. In Spanish Preterite Tense, the 3 regular patterns are for verbs ending in ar, er, and ir.

Spanish Preterite Tense Regular Verb Conjugation Chart

Spanish Preterite Tense Conjugation Chart

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