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Past of the Italian verb potere

The past tense conjugations for the Italian verb potere, along with their English translations.

Imperfect Indicative
io potevo	I was able to
tu potevi	you were able to
lui poteva	he was able to
lei poteva	she was able to
noi potevamo	we were able to
voi potevate	you were able to
loro potevano	they were able to

Past Historic / Passato remoto This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passato Prossimo is used to refer to past actions.
io potetti	I could
tu potesti	you could
lui potette	he could
lei potette	she could
noi potemmo	we could
voi poteste	you could
loro potettero	they could

Past / Passato prossimo
io ho potuto	I could
tu hai potuto	you could
lui ha potuto	he could
lei ha potuto	she could
noi abbiamo potuto	we could
voi avete potuto	you could
loro hanno potuto	they could

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