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University of Vigo

English-Galician CLUVI Dictionary, 2nd edition (revised version 2.2)

(Based on the CLUVI Corpus of the University of Vigo)



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- abide, abiding, ability, abject, abjection, abjectly, abjure, ablative, ablaze, able, ablution, ably, abnormal, abnormality, abnormally, aboard, abode, abolish, abolition


able


- adjective
- capaz

EN He took a step, and able at last to hit someone, stuck his fist into Piggy's stomach.
GL Deu un paso e, capaz xa de bater en alguén, espetoulle ó Piggy o puño no estómago.
- Fonte: SEN (1956)
.....--- to be able to
- poder

- O emprego de can e be able to é case idéntico co sentido de habilidade ou posibilidade. Porén, cos tempos verbais en que é obrigatorio un auxiliar, emprégase o verbo be able to. EX: I'm able to speak English = I can speak English > Sei falar inglés. Pero: Will you be able to come to the beach? > Poderás vir á praia?.

EN Then there's the advantage of being able to smoke with your coffee out here.
GL Ademais, un ten a vantaxe de poder fumar mentres toma o café aquí fóra.
- Fonte: ESP (3010)
- saber

EN In the 21st century it's probably not going to be enough just to be able to read, write and add numbers.
GL É probable que no século XXI saber escribir, ler e contar non sexa abondo.
- Fonte: C02 (604)
- ser quen de

EN My dear Algy, I don't know whether you will be able to understand my real motives.
GL Meu querido amigo Algy, non sei se serás quen de entende-los meus verdadeiros motivos.
- Fonte: ERN (214)