putea

Etymology
, from.

Verb

 * 1)  to be able to; can, could, may
 * 2)  to be possible, to be conceivable, to be a possibility
 * 1)  to be possible, to be conceivable, to be a possibility
 * 1)  to be possible, to be conceivable, to be a possibility
 * 1)  to be possible, to be conceivable, to be a possibility
 * 1)  to be possible, to be conceivable, to be a possibility

Usage notes
and are the only verbs for which the subordinate clause they introduce can be in the infinitive mood without the otherwise mandatory auxiliary. This is optional, and, for, characteristic of careful modes of expression:

(infinitive, literary) — (subjunctive, informal) — “He can walk”. (* — not allowed.)

Accusative personal pronouns governed by the subordinate infinitive verb must precede :, not * (using the subjunctive: ).

A subordinate sentence in the past tense does not allow the infinitive, but only the subjunctive perfect.