Polish English Dictionary

język polski - English

potrafi in English:

1. can


I can't forget him.
If we can just make it through one more month, we'll be sitting pretty.
Global warming can cause serious problems for wild animals, too.
I can give you a copy of the report, but I can't vouch for its accuracy.
I'm driving into town so I can drop you off on the way.
A wooden building can easily catch fire.
Who can read the heroic deeds of brave men without a feeling of respect and admiration?
It's a very dangerous sport, where a slight mistake can lead to serious injury.
Can I go horseback riding next Sunday?
Many people believe acupuncture can cure diseases.
We can continue playing, as long as we don't make too much noise.
Eating healthfully can help prevent heart disease.
The hospital restricts the number of visitors who can enter the intensive care unit.
Can we really learn to speak a foreign language like a native?
The city can be reached in less than 20 minutes by car from here.

2. capable of


I’m sure you are capable of passing the examination.
I'm capable of giving advice
I’m not sure I’m capable of running for long distances.
This is the first phone capable of translating foreign languages.
When they discover my escape they will be capable of anything!
He probably lied to her. He's certainly capable of it.
electrons are capable of moving in such way as to minimise the repulsive forces
Only the Democratic Party is capable of running the country.
Do you think he’s capable of murder? He is capable of looking after himself.
Nobody is capable of drinking 50 beers.
I think he's capable of everything.
All animals are capable of biting!
anybody capable of thought must approve it
They're capable of achieving anything

English word "potrafi"(capable of) occurs in sets:

Angielski fiszki

3. capable


Americans may regard shy people as less capable than those who are not shy.
he is wery capable
There are things that only intelligence is capable of searching for, but which it itself will never find. These things can only be found by instinct, but it will never search for them.
Yun would enclose little notes in letters from home. My father said “Since your wife is capable with brush and ink, she can write your mother's letters from home for her.”
Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring caused riots at its 1913 premiere. These days, of course, music is only capable of causing angry YouTube comment threads.
Money is human happiness in the abstract: he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes his heart entirely to money.
Detailed design is the work of drawing up a diagram that is capable of being manufactured from the plan set in the baseline design.
She's so stubborn. I bet if she ever gets reincarnated, she'd be a bacteria capable of living in empty space.
The capable detective was assigned to investigate the cause of the tragedy.
Don't underestimate yourself. You are capable of more than you can ever imagine. You are capable of AMAZING things.
I’m quite capable of taking care of myself / the aircraft is capable of flying 5,000 miles non-stop / she looked enthusiastic and capable / a highly capable man
He realizes that public officials are human, and that as human beings they are capable of misjudgement.
Well-meaning noobs can give advice capable of bringing about an armageddon with the potential of destroying the Earth multiple times over.
A woman is capable of failing to notice the hundred things that you've done her, and to address only the one that you haven't.