Portuguese

Verb

poderia

1. First-person singular (eu) conditional indicative of poder
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) conditional indicative of poder
   • 2003, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), Rocco, page 609:

     Qualquer coisa poderia estar nos ouvindo aqui.

     Anything could be hearing us here.

   • 2007, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows), Rocco, page 350:

     Harry mal respirava: será que a sorte, a pura sorte poderia livrá-los dessa encrenca?

     Harry was badly breathing: maybe luck, pure luck could save them from that trouble?