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can/English/verb

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"уме́я"}, {"code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "nuing", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "နိုင်"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poguer"}, {"code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "識得"}, {"code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "roman": "sik¹ dak¹", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "识得"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會得"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-tit", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会得"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會當"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-tàng", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会当"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會凍"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-tàng", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会冻"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "會"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "huì", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "会"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "néng", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "note": "(the ability/inability to achieve a result is expressed with various verb complements, e.g. 得了 (-deliǎo)/不了 (-buliǎo))", "sense": "to be able to"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能夠"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "nénggòu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能够"}, {"code": "kw", "lang": "Cornish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "gallos"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "moci"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "umět"}, {"code": "dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnen"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povi"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "oskama"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võima"}, {"code": "fo", "lang": "Faroese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "osata"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "voida"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pystyä"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povêr"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possêr"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to 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to", "word": "δύναμαι"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "dúnamai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "δύναμαι"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ka"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kapab"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kab"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "יכול"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yakhól", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "יָכֹל"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "מסוגל"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "m'sugál", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "מְסֻגָּל"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "saknā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "सकना"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "samarth honā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "समर्थ होना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "tud"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "geta"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "is féidir le"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "tig le"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "féad"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bheith in ann"}, {"code": "sga", "lang": "Old Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ro-"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "dekiru", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "できる"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "-reru", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-れる"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "note": "-られる (-rareru) (expressed with the potential form of the verb)", "sense": "to be able to"}, {"code": "kn", "lang": "Kannada", "roman": "bahudu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ಬಹುದು"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "baan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "បាន"}, {"alt": "...-(eu)l su itda", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "...을/ᄅ 수 있다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "dai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ໄດ້"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possum"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "prast"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "spēt"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "varēt"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "galėti"}, {"code": "liv", "lang": "Livonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "mȯistõ"}, {"code": "liv", "lang": "Livonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võidõ"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "könen"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "ḋay²", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᦺᦡᧉ"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kënnen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "može", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "може"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "Sumatra, Malay Peninsular", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Riau"], "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "dapat (Sarawak)"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "West Kalimantan", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "kaḻiyuṁ", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "കഴിയും"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "seta’"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "jarg"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "taea"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čadax", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "чадах"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čidaqu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᠴᠢᠳᠠᠬᠤ"}, {"code": "nah", "lang": "Nahuatl", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "huelīti"}, {"code": "nap", "lang": "Neapolitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putè"}, {"code": "zdj", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "udjua"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Mooring"], "word": "koone"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Föhr-Amrum"], "word": "kön"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Helgoland"], "word": "kan"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pòder"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podre"}, {"code": "ang", "english": "be able to", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "magan"}, {"code": "ang", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "cunnan"}, {"code": "ofs", "lang": "Old Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "osx", "lang": "Old Saxon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnan"}, {"alt": "u /⁠u-⁠/", "code": "otk", "lang": "Old Turkic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "𐰆"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "tavânestan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "توانستن"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "قادر بودن"}, {"code": "ppl", "lang": "Pipil", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "weli"}, {"code": "ppl", "lang": "Pipil", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "hueli"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "móc"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be 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"dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnen"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povi"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "oskama"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võima"}, {"code": "fo", "lang": "Faroese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "osata"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "voida"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pystyä"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povêr"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possêr"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to 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"sense": "to be able to", "word": "võidõ"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "könen"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "ḋay²", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᦺᦡᧉ"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kënnen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "može", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "може"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "Sumatra, Malay Peninsular", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Riau"], "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "dapat (Sarawak)"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "West Kalimantan", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "kaḻiyuṁ", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "കഴിയും"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "seta’"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "jarg"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "taea"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čadax", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "чадах"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čidaqu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᠴᠢᠳᠠᠬᠤ"}, {"code": "nah", "lang": "Nahuatl", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "huelīti"}, {"code": "nap", "lang": "Neapolitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putè"}, {"code": "zdj", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "udjua"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Mooring"], "word": "koone"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Föhr-Amrum"], "word": "kön"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Helgoland"], "word": "kan"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pòder"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": 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"lang": "Akan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "tumi"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "mund"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "mundem"}, {"code": "ase", "lang": "American Sign Language", "note": "S@Sternumhigh-PalmDown-S@Sternumhigh-PalmDown S@Chesthigh-PalmDown-S@Chesthigh-PalmDown", "sense": "to be able to"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "qadara", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "قَدَرَ"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "istaṭāʕa", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "اِسْتَطَاعَ"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ʔamkana", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "أَمْكَنَ"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ʔadar", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Egyptian-Arabic"], "word": "قدر"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ʔidir", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hijazi-Arabic"], "word": "قدر"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ʔídir", "sense": "to 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"word": "ahal izan"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "mahčý", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "магчы́"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zmahčý", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "змагчы́"}, {"code": "be", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "umjécʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уме́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "ŭmjecʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "ўмець"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "sumjécʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "суме́ць"}, {"code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "gallout"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "móga", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "мо́га"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uméja", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уме́я"}, {"code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "nuing", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "နိုင်"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poguer"}, {"code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "識得"}, {"code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "roman": "sik¹ dak¹", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "识得"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會得"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-tit", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会得"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會當"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-tàng", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会当"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會凍"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-tàng", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会冻"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "會"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "huì", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "会"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "néng", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "note": "(the ability/inability to achieve a result is expressed with various verb complements, e.g. 得了 (-deliǎo)/不了 (-buliǎo))", "sense": "to be able to"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能夠"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "nénggòu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能够"}, {"code": "kw", "lang": "Cornish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "gallos"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "moci"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "umět"}, {"code": "dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnen"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povi"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "oskama"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võima"}, {"code": "fo", "lang": "Faroese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "osata"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "voida"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pystyä"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povêr"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possêr"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to 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to", "word": "δύναμαι"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "dúnamai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "δύναμαι"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ka"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kapab"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kab"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "יכול"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yakhól", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "יָכֹל"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "מסוגל"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "m'sugál", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "מְסֻגָּל"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "saknā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "सकना"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "samarth honā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "समर्थ होना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "tud"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "geta"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "is féidir le"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "tig le"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "féad"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bheith in ann"}, {"code": "sga", "lang": "Old Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ro-"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "dekiru", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "できる"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "-reru", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-れる"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "note": "-られる (-rareru) (expressed with the potential form of the verb)", "sense": "to be able to"}, {"code": "kn", "lang": "Kannada", "roman": "bahudu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ಬಹುದು"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "baan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "បាន"}, {"alt": "...-(eu)l su itda", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "...을/ᄅ 수 있다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "dai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ໄດ້"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possum"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "prast"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "spēt"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "varēt"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "galėti"}, {"code": "liv", "lang": "Livonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "mȯistõ"}, {"code": "liv", "lang": "Livonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võidõ"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "könen"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "ḋay²", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᦺᦡᧉ"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kënnen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "može", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "може"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "Sumatra, Malay Peninsular", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Riau"], "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "dapat (Sarawak)"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "West Kalimantan", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "kaḻiyuṁ", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "കഴിയും"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "seta’"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "jarg"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "taea"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čadax", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "чадах"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čidaqu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᠴᠢᠳᠠᠬᠤ"}, {"code": "nah", "lang": "Nahuatl", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "huelīti"}, {"code": "nap", "lang": "Neapolitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putè"}, {"code": "zdj", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "udjua"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Mooring"], "word": "koone"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Föhr-Amrum"], "word": "kön"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Helgoland"], "word": "kan"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pòder"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podre"}, {"code": "ang", "english": "be able to", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "magan"}, {"code": "ang", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "cunnan"}, {"code": "ofs", "lang": "Old Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "osx", "lang": "Old Saxon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnan"}, {"alt": "u /⁠u-⁠/", "code": "otk", "lang": "Old Turkic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "𐰆"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "tavânestan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "توانستن"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "قادر بودن"}, {"code": "ppl", "lang": "Pipil", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "weli"}, {"code": "ppl", "lang": "Pipil", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "hueli"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "móc"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "umieć"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potrafić"}, {"code": "pt", "english": "be able to", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "conseguir"}, {"code": "pt", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saber"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "qu", "lang": "Quechua", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "atiy"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putea"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Puter", "Rumantsch-Grischun", "Vallander"], "word": "pudair"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Sursilvan", "Sutsilvan"], "word": "puder"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Surmiran"], "word": "pudeir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "močʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "мочь"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "smočʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "смочь"}, {"code": "ru", "english": "to be skilled enough", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "umétʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уме́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "bytʹ v sostojánii", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "быть в состоя́нии"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podere"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podi"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podiri"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pori"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "porrere"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potere"}, {"code": "stq", "lang": "Saterland Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "konne"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "'s urrainn do"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "faod"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "моћи"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "умети"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "умјети"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "moći"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "umeti"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "umjeti"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putiri"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "môcť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "moči"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "móc"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saber"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "syl", "lang": "Sylheti", "roman": "fara", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ꠙꠣꠞꠣ"}, {"code": "ta", "lang": "Tamil", "roman": "ceyyakkūṭiya", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "செய்யக்கூடிய"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "dâai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ได้"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "yɔ̂m", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ย่อม"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "sǎa-mâat", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "สามารถ"}, {"code": "txb", "lang": "Tocharian B", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "yāt-"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to be able 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"có thể"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "được"}, {"code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kanön"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poleur"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saveur"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "sawè"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "gallu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "medru"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "kenen", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "קענען"}, {"code": "esu", "english": "verbal postbase", "lang": "Yup'ik", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-yugnga"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "şikenaene"}, {"code": "za", "lang": "Zhuang", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "maenz"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "may", "word": "mund"}, {"code": 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"word": "ahal izan"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "mahčý", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "магчы́"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zmahčý", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "змагчы́"}, {"code": "be", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "umjécʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уме́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "ŭmjecʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "ўмець"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "sumjécʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "суме́ць"}, {"code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "gallout"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "móga", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "мо́га"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uméja", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уме́я"}, {"code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "nuing", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "နိုင်"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poguer"}, {"code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "識得"}, {"code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "roman": "sik¹ dak¹", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "识得"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會得"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-tit", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会得"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會當"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-tàng", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会当"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會凍"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-tàng", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会冻"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "會"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "huì", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "会"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "néng", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "note": "(the ability/inability to achieve a result is expressed with various verb complements, e.g. 得了 (-deliǎo)/不了 (-buliǎo))", "sense": "to be able to"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能夠"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "nénggòu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能够"}, {"code": "kw", "lang": "Cornish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "gallos"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "moci"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "umět"}, {"code": "dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnen"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povi"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "oskama"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võima"}, {"code": "fo", "lang": "Faroese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "osata"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "voida"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pystyä"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povêr"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possêr"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pouvoir"}, {"code": "fur", "lang": "Friulian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podê"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "roa-gal", "lang": "Gallo", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "póeir"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "šeuʒlia", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "შეუძლია"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "können"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Alemannic-German"], "word": "chöne"}, {"code": "gil", "lang": "Gilbertese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kona"}, {"code": "got", "lang": "Gothic", "roman": "magan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽"}, {"code": "got", "lang": "Gothic", "roman": "kunnan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "boró", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "μπορώ"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "dýnamai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "δύναμαι"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "dúnamai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "δύναμαι"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ka"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kapab"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kab"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "יכול"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yakhól", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "יָכֹל"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "מסוגל"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "m'sugál", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "מְסֻגָּל"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "saknā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "सकना"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "samarth honā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "समर्थ होना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "tud"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "geta"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "is féidir le"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "tig le"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "féad"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bheith in ann"}, {"code": "sga", "lang": "Old Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ro-"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "dekiru", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "できる"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "-reru", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-れる"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "note": "-られる (-rareru) (expressed with the potential form of the verb)", "sense": "to be able to"}, {"code": "kn", "lang": "Kannada", "roman": "bahudu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ಬಹುದು"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "baan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "បាន"}, {"alt": "...-(eu)l su itda", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "...을/ᄅ 수 있다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "dai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ໄດ້"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possum"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "prast"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "spēt"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "varēt"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "galėti"}, {"code": "liv", "lang": "Livonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "mȯistõ"}, {"code": "liv", "lang": "Livonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võidõ"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "könen"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "ḋay²", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᦺᦡᧉ"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kënnen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "može", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "може"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "Sumatra, Malay Peninsular", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Riau"], "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "dapat (Sarawak)"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "West Kalimantan", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "kaḻiyuṁ", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "കഴിയും"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "seta’"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "jarg"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "taea"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čadax", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "чадах"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čidaqu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᠴᠢᠳᠠᠬᠤ"}, {"code": "nah", "lang": "Nahuatl", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "huelīti"}, {"code": "nap", "lang": "Neapolitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putè"}, {"code": "zdj", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "udjua"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Mooring"], "word": "koone"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Föhr-Amrum"], "word": "kön"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Helgoland"], "word": "kan"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pòder"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podre"}, {"code": "ang", "english": "be able to", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "magan"}, {"code": "ang", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "cunnan"}, {"code": "ofs", "lang": "Old Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "osx", "lang": "Old Saxon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnan"}, {"alt": "u /⁠u-⁠/", "code": "otk", "lang": "Old Turkic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "𐰆"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "tavânestan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "توانستن"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "قادر بودن"}, {"code": "ppl", "lang": "Pipil", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "weli"}, {"code": "ppl", "lang": "Pipil", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "hueli"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "móc"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "umieć"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potrafić"}, {"code": "pt", "english": "be able to", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "conseguir"}, {"code": "pt", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saber"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "qu", "lang": "Quechua", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "atiy"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putea"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Puter", "Rumantsch-Grischun", "Vallander"], "word": "pudair"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Sursilvan", "Sutsilvan"], "word": "puder"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Surmiran"], "word": "pudeir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "močʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "мочь"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "smočʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "смочь"}, {"code": "ru", "english": "to be skilled enough", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "umétʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уме́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "bytʹ v sostojánii", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "быть в состоя́нии"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podere"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podi"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podiri"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pori"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "porrere"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potere"}, {"code": "stq", "lang": "Saterland Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "konne"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "'s urrainn do"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "faod"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "моћи"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "умети"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "умјети"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "moći"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "umeti"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "umjeti"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putiri"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "môcť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "moči"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "móc"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saber"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "syl", "lang": "Sylheti", "roman": "fara", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ꠙꠣꠞꠣ"}, {"code": "ta", "lang": "Tamil", "roman": "ceyyakkūṭiya", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "செய்யக்கூடிய"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "dâai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ได้"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "yɔ̂m", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ย่อม"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "sǎa-mâat", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "สามารถ"}, {"code": "txb", "lang": "Tocharian B", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "yāt-"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to be able 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"có thể"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "được"}, {"code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kanön"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poleur"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saveur"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "sawè"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "gallu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "medru"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "kenen", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "קענען"}, {"code": "esu", "english": "verbal postbase", "lang": "Yup'ik", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-yugnga"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "şikenaene"}, {"code": "za", "lang": "Zhuang", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "maenz"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "may", "word": "mund"}, {"code": 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"word": "ahal izan"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "mahčý", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "магчы́"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zmahčý", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "змагчы́"}, {"code": "be", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "umjécʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уме́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "ŭmjecʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "ўмець"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "sumjécʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "суме́ць"}, {"code": "br", "lang": "Breton", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "gallout"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "móga", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "мо́га"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uméja", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уме́я"}, {"code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "nuing", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "နိုင်"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poguer"}, {"code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "識得"}, {"code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "roman": "sik¹ dak¹", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "识得"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會得"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-tit", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会得"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會當"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-tàng", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会当"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會凍"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-tàng", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会冻"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "會"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "huì", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "会"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "néng", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "note": "(the ability/inability to achieve a result is expressed with various verb complements, e.g. 得了 (-deliǎo)/不了 (-buliǎo))", "sense": "to be able to"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能夠"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "nénggòu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能够"}, {"code": "kw", "lang": "Cornish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "gallos"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "moci"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "umět"}, {"code": "dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnen"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povi"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "oskama"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võima"}, {"code": "fo", "lang": "Faroese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "osata"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "voida"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pystyä"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povêr"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possêr"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pouvoir"}, {"code": "fur", "lang": "Friulian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podê"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "roa-gal", "lang": "Gallo", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "póeir"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "šeuʒlia", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "შეუძლია"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "können"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Alemannic-German"], "word": "chöne"}, {"code": "gil", "lang": "Gilbertese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kona"}, {"code": "got", "lang": "Gothic", "roman": "magan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽"}, {"code": "got", "lang": "Gothic", "roman": "kunnan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "boró", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "μπορώ"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "dýnamai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "δύναμαι"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "dúnamai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "δύναμαι"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ka"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kapab"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kab"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "יכול"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yakhól", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "יָכֹל"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "מסוגל"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "m'sugál", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "מְסֻגָּל"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "saknā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "सकना"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "samarth honā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "समर्थ होना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "tud"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "geta"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "is féidir le"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "tig le"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "féad"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bheith in ann"}, {"code": "sga", "lang": "Old Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ro-"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "dekiru", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "できる"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "-reru", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-れる"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "note": "-られる (-rareru) (expressed with the potential form of the verb)", "sense": "to be able to"}, {"code": "kn", "lang": "Kannada", "roman": "bahudu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ಬಹುದು"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "baan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "បាន"}, {"alt": "...-(eu)l su itda", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "...을/ᄅ 수 있다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "dai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ໄດ້"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possum"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "prast"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "spēt"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "varēt"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "galėti"}, {"code": "liv", "lang": "Livonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "mȯistõ"}, {"code": "liv", "lang": "Livonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võidõ"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "könen"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "ḋay²", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᦺᦡᧉ"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kënnen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "može", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "може"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "Sumatra, Malay Peninsular", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Riau"], "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "dapat (Sarawak)"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "West Kalimantan", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "kaḻiyuṁ", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "കഴിയും"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "seta’"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "jarg"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "taea"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čadax", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "чадах"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čidaqu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᠴᠢᠳᠠᠬᠤ"}, {"code": "nah", "lang": "Nahuatl", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "huelīti"}, {"code": "nap", "lang": "Neapolitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putè"}, {"code": "zdj", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "udjua"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Mooring"], "word": "koone"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Föhr-Amrum"], "word": "kön"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Helgoland"], "word": "kan"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pòder"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podre"}, {"code": "ang", "english": "be able to", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "magan"}, {"code": "ang", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "cunnan"}, {"code": "ofs", "lang": "Old Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "osx", "lang": "Old Saxon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnan"}, {"alt": "u /⁠u-⁠/", "code": "otk", "lang": "Old Turkic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "𐰆"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "tavânestan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "توانستن"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "قادر بودن"}, {"code": "ppl", "lang": "Pipil", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "weli"}, {"code": "ppl", "lang": "Pipil", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "hueli"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "móc"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "umieć"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potrafić"}, {"code": "pt", "english": "be able to", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "conseguir"}, {"code": "pt", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saber"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "qu", "lang": "Quechua", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "atiy"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putea"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Puter", "Rumantsch-Grischun", "Vallander"], "word": "pudair"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Sursilvan", "Sutsilvan"], "word": "puder"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Surmiran"], "word": "pudeir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "močʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "мочь"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "smočʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "смочь"}, {"code": "ru", "english": "to be skilled enough", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "umétʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уме́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "bytʹ v sostojánii", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "быть в состоя́нии"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podere"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podi"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podiri"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pori"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "porrere"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potere"}, {"code": "stq", "lang": "Saterland Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "konne"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "'s urrainn do"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "faod"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "моћи"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "умети"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "умјети"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "moći"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "umeti"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "umjeti"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putiri"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "môcť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "moči"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "móc"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saber"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "syl", "lang": "Sylheti", "roman": "fara", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ꠙꠣꠞꠣ"}, {"code": "ta", "lang": "Tamil", "roman": "ceyyakkūṭiya", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "செய்யக்கூடிய"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "dâai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ได้"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "yɔ̂m", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ย่อม"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "sǎa-mâat", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "สามารถ"}, {"code": "txb", "lang": "Tocharian B", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "yāt-"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to be able 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"có thể"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "được"}, {"code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kanön"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poleur"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saveur"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "sawè"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "gallu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "medru"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "kenen", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "קענען"}, {"code": "esu", "english": "verbal postbase", "lang": "Yup'ik", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-yugnga"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "şikenaene"}, {"code": "za", "lang": "Zhuang", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "maenz"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "may", "word": "mund"}, {"code": 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"dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnen"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povi"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "oskama"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võima"}, {"code": "fo", "lang": "Faroese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "osata"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "voida"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pystyä"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povêr"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possêr"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to 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"Hungarian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "tud"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "geta"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "is féidir le"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "tig le"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "féad"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bheith in ann"}, {"code": "sga", "lang": "Old Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ro-"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "dekiru", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "できる"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "-reru", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-れる"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "note": "-られる (-rareru) (expressed with the potential form of the verb)", "sense": "to be able to"}, {"code": "kn", "lang": "Kannada", "roman": "bahudu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ಬಹುದು"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "baan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "បាន"}, {"alt": "...-(eu)l su itda", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "...을/ᄅ 수 있다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "dai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ໄດ້"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possum"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "prast"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "spēt"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "varēt"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "galėti"}, {"code": "liv", "lang": "Livonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "mȯistõ"}, {"code": "liv", "lang": "Livonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võidõ"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "könen"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "ḋay²", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᦺᦡᧉ"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kënnen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "može", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "може"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "Sumatra, Malay Peninsular", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Riau"], "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "dapat (Sarawak)"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "West Kalimantan", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "kaḻiyuṁ", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "കഴിയും"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "seta’"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "jarg"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "taea"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čadax", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "чадах"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čidaqu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᠴᠢᠳᠠᠬᠤ"}, {"code": "nah", "lang": "Nahuatl", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "huelīti"}, {"code": "nap", "lang": "Neapolitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putè"}, {"code": "zdj", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "udjua"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Mooring"], "word": "koone"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Föhr-Amrum"], "word": "kön"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Helgoland"], "word": "kan"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pòder"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podre"}, {"code": "ang", "english": "be able to", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "magan"}, {"code": "ang", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "cunnan"}, {"code": "ofs", "lang": "Old Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "osx", "lang": "Old Saxon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnan"}, {"alt": "u /⁠u-⁠/", "code": "otk", "lang": "Old Turkic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "𐰆"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "tavânestan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "توانستن"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "قادر بودن"}, {"code": "ppl", "lang": "Pipil", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "weli"}, {"code": "ppl", "lang": "Pipil", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "hueli"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "móc"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "umieć"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potrafić"}, {"code": "pt", "english": "be able to", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "conseguir"}, {"code": "pt", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saber"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "qu", "lang": "Quechua", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "atiy"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putea"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Puter", "Rumantsch-Grischun", "Vallander"], "word": "pudair"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Sursilvan", "Sutsilvan"], "word": "puder"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Surmiran"], "word": "pudeir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "močʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "мочь"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "smočʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "смочь"}, {"code": "ru", "english": "to be skilled enough", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "umétʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уме́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "bytʹ v sostojánii", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "быть в состоя́нии"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podere"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podi"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podiri"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pori"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "porrere"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potere"}, {"code": "stq", "lang": "Saterland Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "konne"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "'s urrainn do"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "faod"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "моћи"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "умети"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "умјети"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "moći"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "umeti"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "umjeti"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putiri"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "môcť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "moči"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "móc"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saber"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "syl", "lang": "Sylheti", "roman": "fara", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ꠙꠣꠞꠣ"}, {"code": "ta", "lang": "Tamil", "roman": "ceyyakkūṭiya", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "செய்யக்கூடிய"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "dâai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ได้"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "yɔ̂m", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ย่อม"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "sǎa-mâat", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "สามารถ"}, {"code": "txb", "lang": "Tocharian B", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "yāt-"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-ebilmek"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-abilmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "mohtý", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "могти́"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zmohtý", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "змогти́"}, {"code": "uk", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "vmíty", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "вмі́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "umíty", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "умі́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zumíty", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зумі́ти"}, {"code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "saknā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "سکنا"}, {"code": "vec", "lang": "Venetan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "có thể"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "được"}, {"code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kanön"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poleur"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saveur"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "sawè"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "gallu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "medru"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "kenen", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "קענען"}, {"code": "esu", "english": "verbal postbase", "lang": "Yup'ik", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-yugnga"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "şikenaene"}, {"code": "za", "lang": "Zhuang", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "maenz"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "may", "word": "mund"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "may", "word": "mundem"}, {"code": "ase", "lang": "American Sign Language", "note": "S@Sternumhigh-PalmDown-S@Sternumhigh-PalmDown S@Chesthigh-PalmDown-S@Chesthigh-PalmDown", "sense": "may"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "istaṭāʕa", "sense": "may", "word": "اِسْتَطَاعَ"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "mumkin", "sense": "may", "word": "مُمْكِن"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "karoġanal", "sense": "may", "word": "կարողանալ"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "may", "word": "bilmək"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "móga", "sense": "may", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "мо́га"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "may", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "may", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會使"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-sái", "sense": "may", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会使"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "néng", "sense": "may", "word": "能"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kěyǐ", "sense": "may", "word": "可以"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "may", "word": "smět"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "may", "word": "måtte"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "may", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "may", "word": "mogen"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "may", "word": "rajti"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "may", "word": "võima"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "may", "word": "voida"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "may", "word": "saada"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "may", "word": "pouvoir"}, {"code": "fur", "lang": "Friulian", "sense": "may", "word": "podê"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "may", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "šeiʒleba", "sense": "may", "word": "შეიძლება"}, {"code": "de", "lang": 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"уме́я"}, {"code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "nuing", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "နိုင်"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poguer"}, {"code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "識得"}, {"code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "roman": "sik¹ dak¹", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "识得"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會得"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-tit", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会得"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會當"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-tàng", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会当"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會凍"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-tàng", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会冻"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "會"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "huì", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "会"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "néng", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "note": "(the ability/inability to achieve a result is expressed with various verb complements, e.g. 得了 (-deliǎo)/不了 (-buliǎo))", "sense": "to be able to"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能夠"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "nénggòu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能够"}, {"code": "kw", "lang": "Cornish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "gallos"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "moci"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "umět"}, {"code": "dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnen"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povi"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "oskama"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võima"}, {"code": "fo", "lang": "Faroese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "osata"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "voida"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pystyä"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povêr"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possêr"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to 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to", "word": "δύναμαι"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "dúnamai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "δύναμαι"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ka"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kapab"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kab"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "יכול"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yakhól", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "יָכֹל"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "מסוגל"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "m'sugál", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "מְסֻגָּל"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "saknā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "सकना"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "samarth honā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "समर्थ होना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "tud"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "geta"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "is féidir le"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "tig le"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "féad"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bheith in ann"}, {"code": "sga", "lang": "Old Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ro-"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "dekiru", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "できる"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "-reru", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-れる"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "note": "-られる (-rareru) (expressed with the potential form of the verb)", "sense": "to be able to"}, {"code": "kn", "lang": "Kannada", "roman": "bahudu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ಬಹುದು"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "baan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "បាន"}, {"alt": "...-(eu)l su itda", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "...을/ᄅ 수 있다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "dai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ໄດ້"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possum"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "prast"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "spēt"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "varēt"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "galėti"}, {"code": "liv", "lang": "Livonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "mȯistõ"}, {"code": "liv", "lang": "Livonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võidõ"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "könen"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "ḋay²", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᦺᦡᧉ"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kënnen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "može", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "може"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "Sumatra, Malay Peninsular", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Riau"], "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "dapat (Sarawak)"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "West Kalimantan", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "kaḻiyuṁ", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "കഴിയും"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "seta’"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "jarg"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "taea"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čadax", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "чадах"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čidaqu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᠴᠢᠳᠠᠬᠤ"}, {"code": "nah", "lang": "Nahuatl", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "huelīti"}, {"code": "nap", "lang": "Neapolitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putè"}, {"code": "zdj", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "udjua"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Mooring"], "word": "koone"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Föhr-Amrum"], "word": "kön"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Helgoland"], "word": "kan"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pòder"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podre"}, {"code": "ang", "english": "be able to", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "magan"}, {"code": "ang", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "cunnan"}, {"code": "ofs", "lang": "Old Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "osx", "lang": "Old Saxon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnan"}, {"alt": "u /⁠u-⁠/", "code": "otk", "lang": "Old Turkic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "𐰆"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "tavânestan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "توانستن"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "قادر بودن"}, {"code": "ppl", "lang": "Pipil", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "weli"}, {"code": "ppl", "lang": "Pipil", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "hueli"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "móc"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "umieć"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potrafić"}, {"code": "pt", "english": "be able to", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "conseguir"}, {"code": "pt", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saber"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "qu", "lang": "Quechua", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "atiy"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putea"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Puter", "Rumantsch-Grischun", "Vallander"], "word": "pudair"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Sursilvan", "Sutsilvan"], "word": "puder"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Surmiran"], "word": "pudeir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "močʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "мочь"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "smočʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "смочь"}, {"code": "ru", "english": "to be skilled enough", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "umétʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уме́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "bytʹ v sostojánii", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "быть в состоя́нии"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podere"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podi"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podiri"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pori"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "porrere"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potere"}, {"code": "stq", "lang": "Saterland Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "konne"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "'s urrainn do"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "faod"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "моћи"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "умети"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "умјети"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "moći"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "umeti"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "umjeti"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putiri"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "môcť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "moči"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "móc"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saber"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "syl", "lang": "Sylheti", "roman": "fara", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ꠙꠣꠞꠣ"}, {"code": "ta", "lang": "Tamil", "roman": "ceyyakkūṭiya", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "செய்யக்கூடிய"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "dâai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ได้"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "yɔ̂m", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ย่อม"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "sǎa-mâat", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "สามารถ"}, {"code": "txb", "lang": "Tocharian B", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "yāt-"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-ebilmek"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-abilmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "mohtý", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "могти́"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zmohtý", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "змогти́"}, {"code": "uk", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "vmíty", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "вмі́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "umíty", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "умі́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zumíty", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зумі́ти"}, {"code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "saknā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "سکنا"}, {"code": "vec", "lang": "Venetan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "có thể"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "được"}, {"code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kanön"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poleur"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saveur"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "sawè"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "gallu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "medru"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "kenen", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "קענען"}, {"code": "esu", "english": "verbal postbase", "lang": "Yup'ik", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-yugnga"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "şikenaene"}, {"code": "za", "lang": "Zhuang", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "maenz"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "may", "word": "mund"}, {"code": 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"уме́я"}, {"code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "nuing", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "နိုင်"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poguer"}, {"code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "識得"}, {"code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "roman": "sik¹ dak¹", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "识得"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會得"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-tit", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会得"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會當"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-tàng", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会当"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會凍"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-tàng", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会冻"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "會"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "huì", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "会"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "néng", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "note": "(the ability/inability to achieve a result is expressed with various verb complements, e.g. 得了 (-deliǎo)/不了 (-buliǎo))", "sense": "to be able to"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能夠"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "nénggòu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能够"}, {"code": "kw", "lang": "Cornish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "gallos"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "moci"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "umět"}, {"code": "dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnen"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povi"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "oskama"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võima"}, {"code": "fo", "lang": "Faroese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "osata"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "voida"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pystyä"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povêr"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possêr"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to 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to", "word": "δύναμαι"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "dúnamai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "δύναμαι"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ka"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kapab"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kab"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "יכול"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yakhól", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "יָכֹל"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "מסוגל"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "m'sugál", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "מְסֻגָּל"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "saknā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "सकना"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "samarth honā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "समर्थ होना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "tud"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "geta"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "is féidir le"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "tig le"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "féad"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bheith in ann"}, {"code": "sga", "lang": "Old Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ro-"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "dekiru", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "できる"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "-reru", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-れる"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "note": "-られる (-rareru) (expressed with the potential form of the verb)", "sense": "to be able to"}, {"code": "kn", "lang": "Kannada", "roman": "bahudu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ಬಹುದು"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "baan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "បាន"}, {"alt": "...-(eu)l su itda", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "...을/ᄅ 수 있다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "dai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ໄດ້"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possum"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "prast"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "spēt"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "varēt"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "galėti"}, {"code": "liv", "lang": "Livonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "mȯistõ"}, {"code": "liv", "lang": "Livonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võidõ"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "könen"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "ḋay²", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᦺᦡᧉ"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kënnen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "može", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "може"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "Sumatra, Malay Peninsular", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Riau"], "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "dapat (Sarawak)"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "West Kalimantan", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "kaḻiyuṁ", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "കഴിയും"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "seta’"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "jarg"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "taea"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čadax", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "чадах"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čidaqu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᠴᠢᠳᠠᠬᠤ"}, {"code": "nah", "lang": "Nahuatl", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "huelīti"}, {"code": "nap", "lang": "Neapolitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putè"}, {"code": "zdj", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "udjua"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Mooring"], "word": "koone"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Föhr-Amrum"], "word": "kön"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Helgoland"], "word": "kan"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pòder"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podre"}, {"code": "ang", "english": "be able to", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "magan"}, {"code": "ang", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "cunnan"}, {"code": "ofs", "lang": "Old Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "osx", "lang": "Old Saxon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnan"}, {"alt": "u /⁠u-⁠/", "code": "otk", "lang": "Old Turkic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "𐰆"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "tavânestan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "توانستن"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "قادر بودن"}, {"code": "ppl", "lang": "Pipil", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "weli"}, {"code": "ppl", "lang": "Pipil", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "hueli"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "móc"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "umieć"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potrafić"}, {"code": "pt", "english": "be able to", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "conseguir"}, {"code": "pt", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saber"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "qu", "lang": "Quechua", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "atiy"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putea"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Puter", "Rumantsch-Grischun", "Vallander"], "word": "pudair"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Sursilvan", "Sutsilvan"], "word": "puder"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Surmiran"], "word": "pudeir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "močʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "мочь"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "smočʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "смочь"}, {"code": "ru", "english": "to be skilled enough", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "umétʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уме́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "bytʹ v sostojánii", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "быть в состоя́нии"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podere"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podi"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podiri"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pori"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "porrere"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potere"}, {"code": "stq", "lang": "Saterland Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "konne"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "'s urrainn do"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "faod"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "моћи"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "умети"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "умјети"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "moći"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "umeti"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "umjeti"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putiri"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "môcť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "moči"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "móc"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saber"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "syl", "lang": "Sylheti", "roman": "fara", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ꠙꠣꠞꠣ"}, {"code": "ta", "lang": "Tamil", "roman": "ceyyakkūṭiya", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "செய்யக்கூடிய"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "dâai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ได้"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "yɔ̂m", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ย่อม"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "sǎa-mâat", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "สามารถ"}, {"code": "txb", "lang": "Tocharian B", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "yāt-"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-ebilmek"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-abilmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "mohtý", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "могти́"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zmohtý", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "змогти́"}, {"code": "uk", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "vmíty", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "вмі́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "umíty", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "умі́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zumíty", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зумі́ти"}, {"code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "saknā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "سکنا"}, {"code": "vec", "lang": "Venetan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "có thể"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "được"}, {"code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kanön"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poleur"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saveur"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "sawè"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "gallu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "medru"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "kenen", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "קענען"}, {"code": "esu", "english": "verbal postbase", "lang": "Yup'ik", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-yugnga"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "şikenaene"}, {"code": "za", "lang": "Zhuang", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "maenz"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "may", "word": "mund"}, {"code": 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"уме́я"}, {"code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "nuing", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "နိုင်"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poguer"}, {"code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "識得"}, {"code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "roman": "sik¹ dak¹", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "识得"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會得"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-tit", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会得"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會當"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-tàng", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会当"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會凍"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-tàng", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会冻"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "會"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "huì", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "会"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "néng", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "note": "(the ability/inability to achieve a result is expressed with various verb complements, e.g. 得了 (-deliǎo)/不了 (-buliǎo))", "sense": "to be able to"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能夠"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "nénggòu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能够"}, {"code": "kw", "lang": "Cornish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "gallos"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "moci"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "umět"}, {"code": "dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnen"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povi"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "oskama"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võima"}, {"code": "fo", "lang": "Faroese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "osata"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "voida"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pystyä"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povêr"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possêr"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to 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to", "word": "δύναμαι"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "dúnamai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "δύναμαι"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ka"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kapab"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kab"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "יכול"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yakhól", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "יָכֹל"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "מסוגל"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "m'sugál", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "מְסֻגָּל"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "saknā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "सकना"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "samarth honā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "समर्थ होना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "tud"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "geta"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "is féidir le"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "tig le"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "féad"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bheith in ann"}, {"code": "sga", "lang": "Old Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ro-"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "dekiru", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "できる"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "-reru", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-れる"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "note": "-られる (-rareru) (expressed with the potential form of the verb)", "sense": "to be able to"}, {"code": "kn", "lang": "Kannada", "roman": "bahudu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ಬಹುದು"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "baan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "បាន"}, {"alt": "...-(eu)l su itda", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "...을/ᄅ 수 있다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "dai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ໄດ້"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possum"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "prast"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "spēt"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "varēt"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "galėti"}, {"code": "liv", "lang": "Livonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "mȯistõ"}, {"code": "liv", "lang": "Livonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võidõ"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "könen"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "ḋay²", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᦺᦡᧉ"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kënnen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "može", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "може"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "Sumatra, Malay Peninsular", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Riau"], "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "dapat (Sarawak)"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "West Kalimantan", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "kaḻiyuṁ", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "കഴിയും"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "seta’"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "jarg"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "taea"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čadax", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "чадах"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čidaqu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᠴᠢᠳᠠᠬᠤ"}, {"code": "nah", "lang": "Nahuatl", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "huelīti"}, {"code": "nap", "lang": "Neapolitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putè"}, {"code": "zdj", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "udjua"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Mooring"], "word": "koone"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Föhr-Amrum"], "word": "kön"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Helgoland"], "word": "kan"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pòder"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podre"}, {"code": "ang", "english": "be able to", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "magan"}, {"code": "ang", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "cunnan"}, {"code": "ofs", "lang": "Old Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "osx", "lang": "Old Saxon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnan"}, {"alt": "u /⁠u-⁠/", "code": "otk", "lang": "Old Turkic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "𐰆"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "tavânestan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "توانستن"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "قادر بودن"}, {"code": "ppl", "lang": "Pipil", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "weli"}, {"code": "ppl", "lang": "Pipil", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "hueli"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "móc"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "umieć"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potrafić"}, {"code": "pt", "english": "be able to", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "conseguir"}, {"code": "pt", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saber"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "qu", "lang": "Quechua", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "atiy"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putea"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Puter", "Rumantsch-Grischun", "Vallander"], "word": "pudair"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Sursilvan", "Sutsilvan"], "word": "puder"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Surmiran"], "word": "pudeir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "močʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "мочь"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "smočʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "смочь"}, {"code": "ru", "english": "to be skilled enough", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "umétʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уме́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "bytʹ v sostojánii", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "быть в состоя́нии"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podere"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podi"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podiri"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pori"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "porrere"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potere"}, {"code": "stq", "lang": "Saterland Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "konne"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "'s urrainn do"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "faod"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "моћи"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "умети"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "умјети"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "moći"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "umeti"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "umjeti"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putiri"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "môcť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "moči"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "móc"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saber"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "syl", "lang": "Sylheti", "roman": "fara", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ꠙꠣꠞꠣ"}, {"code": "ta", "lang": "Tamil", "roman": "ceyyakkūṭiya", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "செய்யக்கூடிய"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "dâai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ได้"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "yɔ̂m", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ย่อม"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "sǎa-mâat", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "สามารถ"}, {"code": "txb", "lang": "Tocharian B", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "yāt-"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-ebilmek"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-abilmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "mohtý", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "могти́"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zmohtý", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "змогти́"}, {"code": "uk", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "vmíty", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "вмі́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "umíty", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "умі́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zumíty", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зумі́ти"}, {"code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "saknā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "سکنا"}, {"code": "vec", "lang": "Venetan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "có thể"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "được"}, {"code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kanön"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poleur"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saveur"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "sawè"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "gallu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "medru"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "kenen", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "קענען"}, {"code": "esu", "english": "verbal postbase", "lang": "Yup'ik", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-yugnga"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "şikenaene"}, {"code": "za", "lang": "Zhuang", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "maenz"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "may", "word": "mund"}, {"code": 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"уме́я"}, {"code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "nuing", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "နိုင်"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poguer"}, {"code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "識得"}, {"code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "roman": "sik¹ dak¹", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "识得"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會得"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-tit", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会得"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會當"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-tàng", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会当"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會凍"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-tàng", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会冻"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "會"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "huì", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "会"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "néng", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "note": "(the ability/inability to achieve a result is expressed with various verb complements, e.g. 得了 (-deliǎo)/不了 (-buliǎo))", "sense": "to be able to"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能夠"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "nénggòu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能够"}, {"code": "kw", "lang": "Cornish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "gallos"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "moci"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "umět"}, {"code": "dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnen"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povi"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "oskama"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võima"}, {"code": "fo", "lang": "Faroese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "osata"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "voida"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pystyä"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povêr"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possêr"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to 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to", "word": "δύναμαι"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "dúnamai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "δύναμαι"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ka"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kapab"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kab"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "יכול"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yakhól", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "יָכֹל"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "מסוגל"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "m'sugál", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "מְסֻגָּל"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "saknā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "सकना"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "samarth honā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "समर्थ होना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "tud"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "geta"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "is féidir le"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "tig le"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "féad"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bheith in ann"}, {"code": "sga", "lang": "Old Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ro-"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "dekiru", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "できる"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "-reru", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-れる"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "note": "-られる (-rareru) (expressed with the potential form of the verb)", "sense": "to be able to"}, {"code": "kn", "lang": "Kannada", "roman": "bahudu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ಬಹುದು"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "baan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "បាន"}, {"alt": "...-(eu)l su itda", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "...을/ᄅ 수 있다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "dai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ໄດ້"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possum"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "prast"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "spēt"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "varēt"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "galėti"}, {"code": "liv", "lang": "Livonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "mȯistõ"}, {"code": "liv", "lang": "Livonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võidõ"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "könen"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "ḋay²", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᦺᦡᧉ"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kënnen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "može", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "може"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "Sumatra, Malay Peninsular", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Riau"], "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "dapat (Sarawak)"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "West Kalimantan", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "kaḻiyuṁ", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "കഴിയും"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "seta’"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "jarg"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "taea"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čadax", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "чадах"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čidaqu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᠴᠢᠳᠠᠬᠤ"}, {"code": "nah", "lang": "Nahuatl", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "huelīti"}, {"code": "nap", "lang": "Neapolitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putè"}, {"code": "zdj", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "udjua"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Mooring"], "word": "koone"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Föhr-Amrum"], "word": "kön"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Helgoland"], "word": "kan"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pòder"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podre"}, {"code": "ang", "english": "be able to", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "magan"}, {"code": "ang", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "cunnan"}, {"code": "ofs", "lang": "Old Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "osx", "lang": "Old Saxon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnan"}, {"alt": "u /⁠u-⁠/", "code": "otk", "lang": "Old Turkic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "𐰆"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "tavânestan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "توانستن"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "قادر بودن"}, {"code": "ppl", "lang": "Pipil", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "weli"}, {"code": "ppl", "lang": "Pipil", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "hueli"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "móc"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "umieć"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potrafić"}, {"code": "pt", "english": "be able to", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "conseguir"}, {"code": "pt", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saber"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "qu", "lang": "Quechua", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "atiy"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putea"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Puter", "Rumantsch-Grischun", "Vallander"], "word": "pudair"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Sursilvan", "Sutsilvan"], "word": "puder"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Surmiran"], "word": "pudeir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "močʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "мочь"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "smočʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "смочь"}, {"code": "ru", "english": "to be skilled enough", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "umétʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уме́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "bytʹ v sostojánii", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "быть в состоя́нии"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podere"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podi"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podiri"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pori"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "porrere"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potere"}, {"code": "stq", "lang": "Saterland Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "konne"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "'s urrainn do"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "faod"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "моћи"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "умети"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "умјети"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "moći"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "umeti"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "umjeti"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putiri"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "môcť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "moči"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "móc"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saber"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "syl", "lang": "Sylheti", "roman": "fara", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ꠙꠣꠞꠣ"}, {"code": "ta", "lang": "Tamil", "roman": "ceyyakkūṭiya", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "செய்யக்கூடிய"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "dâai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ได้"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "yɔ̂m", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ย่อม"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "sǎa-mâat", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "สามารถ"}, {"code": "txb", "lang": "Tocharian B", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "yāt-"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-ebilmek"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-abilmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "mohtý", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "могти́"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zmohtý", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "змогти́"}, {"code": "uk", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "vmíty", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "вмі́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "umíty", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "умі́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zumíty", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зумі́ти"}, {"code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "saknā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "سکنا"}, {"code": "vec", "lang": "Venetan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "có thể"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "được"}, {"code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kanön"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poleur"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saveur"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "sawè"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "gallu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "medru"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "kenen", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "קענען"}, {"code": "esu", "english": "verbal postbase", "lang": "Yup'ik", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-yugnga"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "şikenaene"}, {"code": "za", "lang": "Zhuang", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "maenz"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "may", "word": "mund"}, {"code": 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be able, know how”), from Old English can(n), first and third person singular of cunnan (“to know how”), from Proto-West Germanic kunnan, from Proto-Germanic kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (whence also know). 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Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist:", "text": "Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:", "text": "If thou canst awake by four o' the clock, / I prithee call me. Sleep hath seized me wholly.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To know how to; to be able to."], "links": [["able", "able"]], "raw_glosses": ["(auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to."], "synonyms": [{"word": "be able to"}], "tags": ["auxiliary", "defective"]}, {"categories": ["English auxiliary verbs", "English informal terms", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "You can go outside and play when you're finished with your homework.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "Can I use your pen?", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["May; to be permitted or enabled to."], "links": [["May", "May"]], "raw_glosses": ["(modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to."], "synonyms": [{"word": "may"}], "tags": ["auxiliary", "defective", "informal", "modal"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "Can it be Friday already?", "type": "example"}, {"text": "Teenagers can really try their parents' patience.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "Animals can experience emotions.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:", "text": "The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.[…]Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2009, Annette Sym, Simply Too Good to be True, Greenleaf Book Group, →ISBN, page 4:", "text": "Teenagers can be so cruel, and nicknames cut deep.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To have the potential to; be possible."], "links": [["potential", "potential"], ["possible", "possible"]], "raw_glosses": ["(modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible."], "tags": ["auxiliary", "defective", "modal"]}, {"categories": ["English auxiliary verbs", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "Can you hear that?", "type": "example"}, {"text": "I can feel the baby moving inside me.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["Used with verbs of perception."], "raw_glosses": ["(auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception."], "tags": ["auxiliary", "defective"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with obsolete senses", "English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "ca.1360-1387, William Langland, Piers Plowman\nI can rimes of Robin Hood."}, {"text": "ca.1360-1387, William Langland, Piers Plowman\nI can no Latin, quod she."}, {"ref": "1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, London: […] Richard Field, […], →OCLC:", "text": "Let the priest in surplice white, / That defunctive music can.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To know."], "links": [["know", "know"]], "raw_glosses": ["(obsolete, transitive) To know."], "synonyms": [{"word": "cognize"}, {"word": "grok"}, {"word": "ken"}], "tags": ["obsolete", "transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English nonstandard terms", "English proscribed terms", "English terms with quotations", "Indian English"], "examples": [{"ref": "2011 November 29, Tai-hoon Kim, Hojjat Adeli, Carlos Ramos, Byeong-Ho Kang, Signal Processing, Image Processing and Pattern Recognition: International Conferences, SIP 2011, Held as Part of the Future Generation Information Technology Conference, FGIT 2011, in Conjunction with GDC 2011, Jeju Island, Korea, December 8-10, 2011. Proceedings, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 114:", "text": "Importance of Identifying Leaf: Identify Plants: If we can able to identify leaf, we can easily able to identify plants.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2018 February 15, Asha Bajpai, Child Rights in India: Law, Policy, and Practice, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:", "text": "Children in need of care and protection can allowed to be placed in foster care based on the orders of the CWC. 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"уме́я"}, {"code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "nuing", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "နိုင်"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poguer"}, {"code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "識得"}, {"code": "yue", "lang": "Chinese Cantonese", "roman": "sik¹ dak¹", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "识得"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會得"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-tit", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会得"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會當"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-tàng", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会当"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會凍"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-tàng", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会冻"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "會"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "huì", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "会"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "néng", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "note": "(the ability/inability to achieve a result is expressed with various verb complements, e.g. 得了 (-deliǎo)/不了 (-buliǎo))", "sense": "to be able to"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能夠"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "nénggòu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能够"}, {"code": "kw", "lang": "Cornish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "gallos"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "moci"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "umět"}, {"code": "dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnen"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povi"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "oskama"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võima"}, {"code": "fo", "lang": "Faroese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "osata"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "voida"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pystyä"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povêr"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possêr"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pouvoir"}, {"code": "fur", "lang": "Friulian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podê"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "roa-gal", "lang": "Gallo", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "póeir"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "šeuʒlia", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "შეუძლია"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "können"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Alemannic-German"], "word": "chöne"}, {"code": "gil", "lang": "Gilbertese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kona"}, {"code": "got", "lang": "Gothic", "roman": "magan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽"}, {"code": "got", "lang": "Gothic", "roman": "kunnan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "boró", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "μπορώ"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "dýnamai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "δύναμαι"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "dúnamai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "δύναμαι"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ka"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kapab"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kab"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "יכול"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yakhól", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "יָכֹל"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "מסוגל"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "m'sugál", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "מְסֻגָּל"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "saknā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "सकना"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "samarth honā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "समर्थ होना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "tud"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "geta"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "is féidir le"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "tig le"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "féad"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bheith in ann"}, {"code": "sga", "lang": "Old Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ro-"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "dekiru", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "できる"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "-reru", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-れる"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "note": "-られる (-rareru) (expressed with the potential form of the verb)", "sense": "to be able to"}, {"code": "kn", "lang": "Kannada", "roman": "bahudu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ಬಹುದು"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "baan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "បាន"}, {"alt": "...-(eu)l su itda", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "...을/ᄅ 수 있다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "dai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ໄດ້"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possum"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "prast"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "spēt"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "varēt"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "galėti"}, {"code": "liv", "lang": "Livonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "mȯistõ"}, {"code": "liv", "lang": "Livonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võidõ"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "könen"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "ḋay²", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᦺᦡᧉ"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kënnen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "može", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "може"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "Sumatra, Malay Peninsular", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Riau"], "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "dapat (Sarawak)"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "West Kalimantan", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "kaḻiyuṁ", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "കഴിയും"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "seta’"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "jarg"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "taea"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čadax", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "чадах"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čidaqu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᠴᠢᠳᠠᠬᠤ"}, {"code": "nah", "lang": "Nahuatl", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "huelīti"}, {"code": "nap", "lang": "Neapolitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putè"}, {"code": "zdj", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "udjua"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Mooring"], "word": "koone"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Föhr-Amrum"], "word": "kön"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Helgoland"], "word": "kan"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pòder"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": 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"dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnen"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povi"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "oskama"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võima"}, {"code": "fo", "lang": "Faroese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "osata"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "voida"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pystyä"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povêr"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possêr"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to 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"sense": "to be able to", "word": "võidõ"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "könen"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "ḋay²", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᦺᦡᧉ"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kënnen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "može", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "може"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "Sumatra, Malay Peninsular", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Riau"], "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "dapat (Sarawak)"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "West Kalimantan", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "kaḻiyuṁ", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "കഴിയും"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "seta’"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "jarg"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "taea"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čadax", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "чадах"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čidaqu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᠴᠢᠳᠠᠬᠤ"}, {"code": "nah", "lang": "Nahuatl", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "huelīti"}, {"code": "nap", "lang": "Neapolitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putè"}, {"code": "zdj", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "udjua"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Mooring"], "word": "koone"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Föhr-Amrum"], "word": "kön"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Helgoland"], "word": "kan"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pòder"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": 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"dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnen"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povi"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "oskama"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võima"}, {"code": "fo", "lang": "Faroese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "osata"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "voida"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pystyä"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povêr"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possêr"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to 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"sense": "to be able to", "word": "võidõ"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "könen"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "ḋay²", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᦺᦡᧉ"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kënnen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "može", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "може"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "Sumatra, Malay Peninsular", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Riau"], "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "dapat (Sarawak)"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "West Kalimantan", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "kaḻiyuṁ", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "കഴിയും"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "seta’"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "jarg"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "taea"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čadax", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "чадах"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čidaqu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᠴᠢᠳᠠᠬᠤ"}, {"code": "nah", "lang": "Nahuatl", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "huelīti"}, {"code": "nap", "lang": "Neapolitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putè"}, {"code": "zdj", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "udjua"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Mooring"], "word": "koone"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Föhr-Amrum"], "word": "kön"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Helgoland"], "word": "kan"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pòder"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": 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"dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnen"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povi"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "oskama"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võima"}, {"code": "fo", "lang": "Faroese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "osata"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "voida"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pystyä"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povêr"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possêr"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to 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"sense": "to be able to", "word": "võidõ"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "könen"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "ḋay²", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᦺᦡᧉ"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kënnen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "može", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "може"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "Sumatra, Malay Peninsular", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Riau"], "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "dapat (Sarawak)"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "West Kalimantan", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "kaḻiyuṁ", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "കഴിയും"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "seta’"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "jarg"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "taea"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čadax", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "чадах"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čidaqu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᠴᠢᠳᠠᠬᠤ"}, {"code": "nah", "lang": "Nahuatl", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "huelīti"}, {"code": "nap", "lang": "Neapolitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putè"}, {"code": "zdj", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "udjua"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Mooring"], "word": "koone"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Föhr-Amrum"], "word": "kön"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Helgoland"], "word": "kan"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pòder"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": 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"dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnen"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povi"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "oskama"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võima"}, {"code": "fo", "lang": "Faroese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "osata"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "voida"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pystyä"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povêr"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possêr"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to 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"sense": "to be able to", "word": "võidõ"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "könen"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "ḋay²", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᦺᦡᧉ"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kënnen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "može", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "може"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "Sumatra, Malay Peninsular", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Riau"], "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "dapat (Sarawak)"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "West Kalimantan", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "kaḻiyuṁ", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "കഴിയും"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "seta’"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "jarg"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "taea"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čadax", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "чадах"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čidaqu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᠴᠢᠳᠠᠬᠤ"}, {"code": "nah", "lang": "Nahuatl", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "huelīti"}, {"code": "nap", "lang": "Neapolitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putè"}, {"code": "zdj", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "udjua"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Mooring"], "word": "koone"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Föhr-Amrum"], "word": "kön"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Helgoland"], "word": "kan"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pòder"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": 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"dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnen"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povi"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "oskama"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võima"}, {"code": "fo", "lang": "Faroese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "osata"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "voida"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pystyä"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povêr"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possêr"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to 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"sense": "to be able to", "word": "võidõ"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "könen"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "ḋay²", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᦺᦡᧉ"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kënnen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "može", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "може"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "Sumatra, Malay Peninsular", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Riau"], "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "dapat (Sarawak)"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "West Kalimantan", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "kaḻiyuṁ", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "കഴിയും"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "seta’"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "jarg"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "taea"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čadax", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "чадах"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čidaqu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᠴᠢᠳᠠᠬᠤ"}, {"code": "nah", "lang": "Nahuatl", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "huelīti"}, {"code": "nap", "lang": "Neapolitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putè"}, {"code": "zdj", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "udjua"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Mooring"], "word": "koone"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Föhr-Amrum"], "word": "kön"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Helgoland"], "word": "kan"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pòder"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": 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"Chinese", "roman": "ē-tàng", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会冻"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "會"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "huì", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "会"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "néng", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "note": "(the ability/inability to achieve a result is expressed with various verb complements, e.g. 得了 (-deliǎo)/不了 (-buliǎo))", "sense": "to be able to"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能夠"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "nénggòu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能够"}, {"code": "kw", "lang": "Cornish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "gallos"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "moci"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "umět"}, {"code": "dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnen"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povi"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "oskama"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võima"}, {"code": "fo", "lang": "Faroese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "osata"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "voida"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pystyä"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povêr"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possêr"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pouvoir"}, {"code": "fur", "lang": "Friulian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podê"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "roa-gal", "lang": "Gallo", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "póeir"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "šeuʒlia", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "შეუძლია"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "können"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Alemannic-German"], "word": "chöne"}, {"code": "gil", "lang": "Gilbertese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kona"}, {"code": "got", "lang": "Gothic", "roman": "magan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽"}, {"code": "got", "lang": "Gothic", "roman": "kunnan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "boró", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "μπορώ"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "dýnamai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "δύναμαι"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "dúnamai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "δύναμαι"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ka"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kapab"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kab"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "יכול"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yakhól", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "יָכֹל"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "מסוגל"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "m'sugál", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "מְסֻגָּל"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "saknā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "सकना"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "samarth honā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "समर्थ होना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "tud"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "geta"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "is féidir le"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "tig le"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "féad"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bheith in ann"}, {"code": "sga", "lang": "Old Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ro-"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "dekiru", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "できる"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "-reru", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-れる"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "note": "-られる (-rareru) (expressed with the potential form of the verb)", "sense": "to be able to"}, {"code": "kn", "lang": "Kannada", "roman": "bahudu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ಬಹುದು"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "baan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "បាន"}, {"alt": "...-(eu)l su itda", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "...을/ᄅ 수 있다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "dai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ໄດ້"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possum"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "prast"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "spēt"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "varēt"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "galėti"}, {"code": "liv", "lang": "Livonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "mȯistõ"}, {"code": "liv", "lang": "Livonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võidõ"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "könen"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "ḋay²", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᦺᦡᧉ"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kënnen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "može", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "може"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "Sumatra, Malay Peninsular", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Riau"], "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "dapat (Sarawak)"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "West Kalimantan", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "kaḻiyuṁ", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "കഴിയും"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "seta’"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "jarg"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "taea"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čadax", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "чадах"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čidaqu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᠴᠢᠳᠠᠬᠤ"}, {"code": "nah", "lang": "Nahuatl", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "huelīti"}, {"code": "nap", "lang": "Neapolitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putè"}, {"code": "zdj", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "udjua"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Mooring"], "word": "koone"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Föhr-Amrum"], "word": "kön"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Helgoland"], "word": "kan"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pòder"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podre"}, {"code": "ang", "english": "be able to", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "magan"}, {"code": "ang", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "cunnan"}, {"code": "ofs", "lang": "Old Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "osx", "lang": "Old Saxon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnan"}, {"alt": "u /⁠u-⁠/", "code": "otk", "lang": "Old Turkic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "𐰆"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "tavânestan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "توانستن"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "قادر بودن"}, {"code": "ppl", "lang": "Pipil", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "weli"}, {"code": "ppl", "lang": "Pipil", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "hueli"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "móc"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "umieć"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potrafić"}, {"code": "pt", "english": "be able to", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "conseguir"}, {"code": "pt", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saber"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "qu", "lang": "Quechua", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "atiy"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putea"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Puter", "Rumantsch-Grischun", "Vallander"], "word": "pudair"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Sursilvan", "Sutsilvan"], "word": "puder"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Surmiran"], "word": "pudeir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "močʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "мочь"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "smočʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "смочь"}, {"code": "ru", "english": "to be skilled enough", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "umétʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уме́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "bytʹ v sostojánii", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "быть в состоя́нии"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podere"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podi"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podiri"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pori"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "porrere"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potere"}, {"code": "stq", "lang": "Saterland Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "konne"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "'s urrainn do"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "faod"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "моћи"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "умети"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "умјети"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "moći"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "umeti"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "umjeti"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putiri"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "môcť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "moči"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "móc"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saber"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "syl", "lang": "Sylheti", "roman": "fara", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ꠙꠣꠞꠣ"}, {"code": "ta", "lang": "Tamil", "roman": "ceyyakkūṭiya", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "செய்யக்கூடிய"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "dâai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ได้"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "yɔ̂m", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ย่อม"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "sǎa-mâat", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "สามารถ"}, {"code": "txb", "lang": "Tocharian B", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "yāt-"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-ebilmek"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-abilmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "mohtý", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "могти́"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zmohtý", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "змогти́"}, {"code": "uk", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "vmíty", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "вмі́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "umíty", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "умі́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zumíty", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зумі́ти"}, {"code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "saknā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "سکنا"}, {"code": "vec", "lang": "Venetan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "có thể"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "được"}, {"code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kanön"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poleur"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saveur"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "sawè"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "gallu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "medru"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "kenen", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "קענען"}, {"code": "esu", "english": "verbal postbase", "lang": "Yup'ik", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-yugnga"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "şikenaene"}, {"code": "za", "lang": "Zhuang", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "maenz"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "may", "word": "mund"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "may", "word": "mundem"}, {"code": "ase", "lang": "American Sign Language", "note": "S@Sternumhigh-PalmDown-S@Sternumhigh-PalmDown S@Chesthigh-PalmDown-S@Chesthigh-PalmDown", "sense": "may"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "istaṭāʕa", "sense": "may", "word": "اِسْتَطَاعَ"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "mumkin", "sense": "may", "word": "مُمْكِن"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "karoġanal", "sense": "may", "word": "կարողանալ"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "may", "word": "bilmək"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "móga", "sense": "may", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "мо́га"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "may", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "may", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會使"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-sái", "sense": "may", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会使"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": 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"Chinese", "roman": "ē-tàng", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会冻"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "會"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "huì", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "会"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "néng", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "note": "(the ability/inability to achieve a result is expressed with various verb complements, e.g. 得了 (-deliǎo)/不了 (-buliǎo))", "sense": "to be able to"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能夠"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "nénggòu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "能够"}, {"code": "kw", "lang": "Cornish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "gallos"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "moci"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "umět"}, {"code": "dlm", "lang": "Dalmatian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnen"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povi"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "oskama"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võima"}, {"code": "fo", "lang": "Faroese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "osata"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "voida"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pystyä"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "povêr"}, {"code": "frp", "lang": "Franco-Provençal", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possêr"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pouvoir"}, {"code": "fur", "lang": "Friulian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podê"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "roa-gal", "lang": "Gallo", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "póeir"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "šeuʒlia", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "შეუძლია"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "können"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Alemannic-German"], "word": "chöne"}, {"code": "gil", "lang": "Gilbertese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kona"}, {"code": "got", "lang": "Gothic", "roman": "magan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽"}, {"code": "got", "lang": "Gothic", "roman": "kunnan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "boró", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "μπορώ"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "dýnamai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "δύναμαι"}, {"code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "dúnamai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "δύναμαι"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ka"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kapab"}, {"code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kab"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "יכול"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yakhól", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "יָכֹל"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "מסוגל"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "m'sugál", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "מְסֻגָּל"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "saknā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "सकना"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "samarth honā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "समर्थ होना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "tud"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "geta"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "is féidir le"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "tig le"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "féad"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bheith in ann"}, {"code": "sga", "lang": "Old Irish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ro-"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "dekiru", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "できる"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "-reru", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-れる"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "note": "-られる (-rareru) (expressed with the potential form of the verb)", "sense": "to be able to"}, {"code": "kn", "lang": "Kannada", "roman": "bahudu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ಬಹುದು"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "baan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "បាន"}, {"alt": "...-(eu)l su itda", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "...을/ᄅ 수 있다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "dai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ໄດ້"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "possum"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "prast"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "spēt"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "varēt"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "galėti"}, {"code": "liv", "lang": "Livonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "mȯistõ"}, {"code": "liv", "lang": "Livonian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "võidõ"}, {"code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "könen"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "ḋay²", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᦺᦡᧉ"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kënnen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "može", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "може"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "Sumatra, Malay Peninsular", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Riau"], "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "dapat (Sarawak)"}, {"code": "ms", "english": "West Kalimantan", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "bisa"}, {"code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "kaḻiyuṁ", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "കഴിയും"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "seta’"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "jarg"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "taea"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čadax", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "чадах"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čidaqu", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ᠴᠢᠳᠠᠬᠤ"}, {"code": "nah", "lang": "Nahuatl", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "huelīti"}, {"code": "nap", "lang": "Neapolitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putè"}, {"code": "zdj", "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "udjua"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Mooring"], "word": "koone"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Föhr-Amrum"], "word": "kön"}, {"code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Helgoland"], "word": "kan"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pòder"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podre"}, {"code": "ang", "english": "be able to", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "magan"}, {"code": "ang", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "cunnan"}, {"code": "ofs", "lang": "Old Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "osx", "lang": "Old Saxon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunnan"}, {"alt": "u /⁠u-⁠/", "code": "otk", "lang": "Old Turkic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "𐰆"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "tavânestan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "توانستن"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "قادر بودن"}, {"code": "ppl", "lang": "Pipil", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "weli"}, {"code": "ppl", "lang": "Pipil", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "hueli"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "móc"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "umieć"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potrafić"}, {"code": "pt", "english": "be able to", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "conseguir"}, {"code": "pt", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saber"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "qu", "lang": "Quechua", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "atiy"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putea"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Puter", "Rumantsch-Grischun", "Vallander"], "word": "pudair"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Sursilvan", "Sutsilvan"], "word": "puder"}, {"code": "rm", "lang": "Romansch", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Surmiran"], "word": "pudeir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "močʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "мочь"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "smočʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "смочь"}, {"code": "ru", "english": "to be skilled enough", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "umétʹ", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уме́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "bytʹ v sostojánii", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "быть в состоя́нии"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podere"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podi"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "podiri"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "pori"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "porrere"}, {"code": "sc", "lang": "Sardinian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "potere"}, {"code": "stq", "lang": "Saterland Frisian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "konne"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "'s urrainn do"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "faod"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "моћи"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "умети"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Cyrillic"], "word": "умјети"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "moći"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "umeti"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["Roman"], "word": "umjeti"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "putiri"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "môcť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "moči"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "móc"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saber"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "syl", "lang": "Sylheti", "roman": "fara", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ꠙꠣꠞꠣ"}, {"code": "ta", "lang": "Tamil", "roman": "ceyyakkūṭiya", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "செய்யக்கூடிய"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "dâai", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ได้"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "yɔ̂m", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "ย่อม"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "sǎa-mâat", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "สามารถ"}, {"code": "txb", "lang": "Tocharian B", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "yāt-"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-ebilmek"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-abilmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "mohtý", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "могти́"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zmohtý", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "змогти́"}, {"code": "uk", "english": "know how to", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "vmíty", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "вмі́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "umíty", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "умі́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zumíty", "sense": "to be able to", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зумі́ти"}, {"code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "saknā", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "سکنا"}, {"code": "vec", "lang": "Venetan", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "có thể"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "được"}, {"code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "kanön"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "poleur"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "saveur"}, {"code": "wa", "lang": "Walloon", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "sawè"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "gallu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "medru"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "kenen", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "קענען"}, {"code": "esu", "english": "verbal postbase", "lang": "Yup'ik", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "-yugnga"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "şikenaene"}, {"code": "za", "lang": "Zhuang", "sense": "to be able to", "word": "maenz"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "may", "word": "mund"}, {"code": "sq", "lang": "Albanian", "sense": "may", "word": "mundem"}, {"code": "ase", "lang": "American Sign Language", "note": "S@Sternumhigh-PalmDown-S@Sternumhigh-PalmDown S@Chesthigh-PalmDown-S@Chesthigh-PalmDown", "sense": "may"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "istaṭāʕa", "sense": "may", "word": "اِسْتَطَاعَ"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "mumkin", "sense": "may", "word": "مُمْكِن"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "karoġanal", "sense": "may", "word": "կարողանալ"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "may", "word": "bilmək"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "móga", "sense": "may", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "мо́га"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "may", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "sense": "may", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "會使"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese", "roman": "ē-sái", "sense": "may", "tags": ["Hokkien"], "word": "会使"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "néng", "sense": "may", "word": "能"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kěyǐ", "sense": "may", "word": "可以"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "may", "word": "smět"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "may", "word": "måtte"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "may", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "may", "word": "mogen"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "may", "word": "rajti"}, {"code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "may", "word": "võima"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "may", "word": "voida"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "may", "word": "saada"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "may", "word": "pouvoir"}, {"code": "fur", "lang": "Friulian", "sense": "may", "word": "podê"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "may", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "šeiʒleba", "sense": "may", "word": "შეიძლება"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "may", "word": "können"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "may", "word": "dürfen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "boró", "sense": "may", "word": "μπορώ"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "may", "word": "יכול"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yakhól", "sense": "may", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "יָכֹל"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "saknā", "sense": "may", "word": "सकना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "may", "word": "-hat"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "may", "word": "-het"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "may", "word": "mega"}, {"code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "may", "word": "povar"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "may", "word": "potere"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "ʼaac…baan", "sense": "may", "word": "អាច...បាន"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "ʼāt cha", "sense": "may", "word": "ອາດຈະ"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "may", "word": "possum"}, {"code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "may", "tags": ["with-subjunctive"], "word": "sim"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "may", "word": "kënnen"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "may", "word": "däerfen"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "may", "word": "dierfen"}, {"code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "may", "word": "duerfen"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "može", "sense": "may", "word": "може"}, {"code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "may", "word": "boleh"}, {"code": "mt", "lang": "Maltese", "sense": "may", "word": "forsi"}, {"code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "may", "word": "jarg"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "may", "word": "kunne"}, {"code": "ang", "lang": "Old English", "sense": "may", "word": "mōtan"}, {"code": "osx", "lang": "Old Saxon", "sense": "may", "word": "mugan"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "tavânestan", "sense": "may", "word": "توانستن"}, {"code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "sense": "may", "word": "امکان داشتن"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "may", "word": "móc"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "may", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "may", "word": "putea"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "močʹ", "sense": "may", "word": "мочь"}, {"code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "may", "word": "faod"}, {"code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "may", "word": "smjeti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "may", "word": "smeti"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "may", "word": "poder"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "may", "word": "kunna"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "yɔ̂m", "sense": "may", "word": "ย่อม"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "may", "word": "-ebilmek"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "may", "word": "-abilmek"}, {"code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "saknā", "sense": "may", "word": "سکنا"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "may", "word": "có thể"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "may", "word": "có lẽ"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "may", "word": "cael"}], "wikipedia": ["Can (verb)"], "word": "can"}

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