ser quen
Galician
Verb
ser quen (first-person singular present son quen, first-person singular preterite fun quen, past participle sido quen)
- (transitive with de) to be able to
- Synonym: poder
- 1934, Castelao, Os dous de sempre, page 127:
- […] os empregados non se deixan asoballar pola súa maldade, e o mesmo porteiro deprendeu a poñerlle cara de can. Somente Pedro é un manteiguiñas, incapaz de defenderse. A covardía do xefe cabalga na covardía de Pedro, para locí-las arroutadas que non é quen de descargar no lombo dos outros. Pedro sofre en silenzo; pero cóme-no as xenreiras, e non pode ollá-la cara daquel home sen desexarlle a morte.
- […] employees don't let him oppress them with his meanness, and even the doorman learnt to put an angry face for him. But Pedro is a poor thing, unable to defend himself. The boss' cowardice rides Pedro's, to show off the outbursts that he is incapable of discharging over other's shoulders. Pedro suffers in silence; but spite eats him, and he can't watch that man's face without wishing his death.
- 2016, Malandrómeda (lyrics and music), “Chegar e encher”:
- Cando voltei, cheguei e enchín,
choran os problemas e chaman por min;
non sei moi ben se hoxe vou ser quen
de pasar de lado como se non fora comigo.- When I came back, and pulled it off at the first attempt [veni, vidi, vici]
the troubles cry and call me;
I'm not sure if today I'll be capable
of passing by as if that's not me.
- When I came back, and pulled it off at the first attempt [veni, vidi, vici]
- (transitive with a) to be able to
- Synonym: poder
Conjugation
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