| Part of speech | verb |
|---|
| Afrikaans | kan; mag |
|---|---|
| Catalan | poder |
| Dutch | bij machte zijn; kunnen |
| English | can; be able to |
| English (Old English) | cunnan |
| Esperanto | povi |
| Faeroese | fáa; kunna |
| Finnish | voida |
| French | pouvoir |
| German | können; vermögen |
| Italian | potere |
| Kabylian | zmer |
| Latin | posse; potui |
| Low German | künnen; köänen; kinnen |
| Luxemburgish | kënnen |
| Malay | boleh |
| Papiamento | por |
| Polish | móc |
| Portuguese | poder; ter a faculdade de |
| Romanian | putea |
| Russian | мочь |
| Saterland Frisian | duure; konne |
| Scots | can |
| Spanish | poder |
| Sranan | kan; man |
| Swahili | ‐weza |
| Swedish | gitta; må; mäkta; orka |
| Thai | เป็น; สามารถ; ไหว; ได้ |
| West Frisian | mogen; kinne; meie |