No. 1,930 in Spanish
puedas
"Puedas" means "you can" in English, used in the subjunctive mood.
In a sentence
Si puedes ayudarme con este problema, te lo agradecería mucho.
If you can help me with this problem, I would greatly appreciate it.
The word 'puedas' is in the subjunctive mood, used here to express possibility and politeness.
Espero que puedas asistir a la reunión mañana.
I hope that you can attend the meeting tomorrow.
In this case, 'puedas' is used in the subjunctive mood after an expression of desire or hope.
Cuando tengas tiempo libre, ¿puedes revisar este documento?
When you have free time, can you review this document?
Here, 'puedas' would be in subjunctive if matching 'tengas', introducing politeness in requests, but 'puedes' is indicative matching the main request.
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