I was taught podrías means could when talking about the future and podía means could when talking about the past. Is this wrong?
Podrías or podías
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Mark D.Kwiziq community member
Podrías or podías
This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Using poder to say could have [done something] in Spanish (modal verbs)"
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Marsha C. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
See lessons:
Using poder in El pretérito Indefinido vs El pretérito Imperfecto (could in past actions)
Using poder to say could [do something] for polite requests and suggestions (conditional simple)
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