poderia

poderia

"Could" or "would be able to."

Here, 'poderia' is used to form a polite question asking for assistance, demonstrating its use as a conditional or polite request form of the verb 'poder'.

Você poderia me ajudar agora?

Could you help me now?

Here, 'poderia' reflects a reported speech construction, indicating that permission or potential action was mentioned in the past.

Eu disse que ele poderia sair mais cedo hoje.

I said that he could leave earlier today.

In this sentence, 'poderia' indicates a conditional possibility, expressing an outcome dependent on a specific situation.

Se você estudasse mais, poderia ter melhores notas.

If you studied more, you could have better grades.