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How do you say "What can you do?" in Spanish?
¿Qué puedes hacer?
In Spanish, "What can you do?" is ¿Qué puedes hacer?.
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Pronunciation
Say KAY poo-EH-des AH-ser. Puedes rhymes with 'foo-eh-des'.
Grammar notes
Poder means to be able. It is an irregular o-ue stem-changing verb. Hacer means to do or make.
Example sentence
Que puedes hacer con tus manos.
What can you do with your hands.
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How to remember ¿Qué puedes hacer?
PUEDES is 'you can'. The o changes to ue in the present tense stem.
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- What is the temperature on Saturday? ¿Cuál es la temperatura del sábado?
- What is the temperature on Sunday? ¿Cuál es la temperatura del domingo?
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Questions about ¿Qué puedes hacer?
How do you say "What can you do?" in Spanish?
In Spanish, "What can you do?" is ¿Qué puedes hacer?. It is a noun.
How is ¿Qué puedes hacer? written in Spanish?
¿Qué puedes hacer? is written using the standard Spanish script.
How is ¿Qué puedes hacer? used in a sentence?
Use ¿Qué puedes hacer? as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Que puedes hacer con tus manos. (What can you do with your hands.).
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"What can you do?" in other languages
- Japanese 何ができますか？ (nani ga dekimasu ka ？)
- Korean 무엇을 할 수 있어요? (mueoseul hal su itseoyo?)
- Chinese 你能做什么? (nǐ néng zuò shén me ?)
- Spanish (Latin America) ¿Qué puedes hacer?
- French Qu'est-ce que tu peux faire ?
- German Was kannst du tun?
- Italian Cosa sai fare?
- Russian Что ты умеешь делать? (čto ty umeešʹ delatʹ?)
- Greek Τι μπορείς να κάνεις; (ti boris na kanis)
- Arabic أنت ممكن تعمل إيه؟ (inta mumkin 'tiAmil 'ieeh)
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