No. 267 in Portuguese
poderá
"Will be able to" or "might."
In a sentence
Ele poderá ajudar você amanhã.
He will be able to help you tomorrow.
The word 'poderá' is used here in the third-person singular future tense to indicate the possibility or ability to carry out an action in the future.
Você poderá escolher onde quer ir.
You will be able to choose where you want to go.
Here, 'poderá' conveys permission or opportunity to make a choice in the future tense, focusing on personal agency.
Quem sabe, um dia, poderá haver paz no mundo.
Who knows, one day, there might be peace in the world.
In this case, 'poderá' is used impersonally to express hypothetical possibility in a future tense scenario.
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