No. 10,234 in Catalan
permetre
"Permetre" means "to allow" or "to permit" in English.
In a sentence
Ell em va permetre utilitzar el seu ordinador.
He allowed me to use his computer.
The verb 'permetre' is used here to mean 'to allow' or 'to permit' something, indicating permission granted by someone.
Aquest programa permet crear gràfics interactius.
This program allows creating interactive charts.
In this sentence, 'permetre' implies enabling or making possible a certain action, in this case, creating charts via a program.
Les circumstàncies no van permetre continuar amb el projecte.
The circumstances did not allow continuing with the project.
Here, 'permetre' is used to express that conditions or factors made a certain action impossible or not feasible.
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