“Can” in 42 languages

Tap ▶ to hear it. 42 of 42 come from or match Wiktionary. Languages from the same family sit together, so you can see the shared roots.

Romance

• CatalanpoderFrom Wiktionary▶
• FrenchpouvoirFrom Wiktionary▶
• GalicianpoderFrom Wiktionary▶
• ItalianpotereFrom Wiktionary▶
• LatinpossumFrom Wiktionary▶
• PortugueseconseguirFrom Wiktionary▶
• RomanianputeaFrom Wiktionary▶
• SpanishpoderFrom Wiktionary▶

Slavic

• Bulgarianмо́гаmógaFrom Wiktionary▶
• CroatianmoćiFrom Wiktionary▶
• CzechmociFrom Wiktionary▶
• PolishmócFrom Wiktionary▶
• RussianмочьmočʹFrom Wiktionary▶
• SlovakmôcťFrom Wiktionary▶
• SlovenianmočiFrom Wiktionary▶
• Ukrainianмогти́mohtýFrom Wiktionary▶

Germanic

• DanishkunneFrom Wiktionary▶
• DutchkunnenFrom Wiktionary▶
• GermankönnenFrom Wiktionary▶
• SwedishkunnaFrom Wiktionary▶

Indo-Iranian

• HindiसकनाsaknāFrom Wiktionary▶
• PersianتوانستنtavânestanFrom Wiktionary▶
• UrduسکناsaknāFrom Wiktionary▶

Uralic

• EstonianoskamaFrom Wiktionary▶
• FinnishosataFrom Wiktionary▶
• HungariantudFrom Wiktionary▶

Austronesian

• IndonesianbolehFrom Wiktionary▶
• MalaybolehFrom Wiktionary▶

Baltic

• LatvianprastFrom Wiktionary▶
• LithuaniangalėtiFrom Wiktionary▶

Semitic

• ArabicقَدَرَqadaraFrom Wiktionary▶
• HebrewיָכֹלyakhólFrom Wiktionary▶

Turkic

• AzerbaijanibilməkFrom Wiktionary▶
• Turkish-ebilmekFrom Wiktionary▶

Albanian

• AlbanianmujFrom Wiktionary▶

Basque (no relatives)

• Basqueahal izanFrom Wiktionary▶

Celtic

• Irishis féidir leFrom Wiktionary▶

Chinese

• Chinese会huìFrom Wiktionary▶

Esperanto (built from Romance + Germanic)

• EsperantopoviFrom Wiktionary▶

Japanese

• JapaneseできるdekiruFrom Wiktionary▶

Thai

• Thaiได้dâaiFrom Wiktionary▶

Vietnamese

• Vietnamesecó thểFrom Wiktionary▶