posso

possu +‎ -o

• IPA^(key): /ˈposːo/,
• Rhymes: -osːo
• Syllabification^(key): pos‧so
• Hyphenation^(key): pos‧so

posso

1. (dialectal) Synonym of possumunkki
2. A variant of possumunkki with relatively thin dough, popular in Kotka.

posso

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of poder

• pozzo (Romanesco, southern Italy)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.so/
• Rhymes: -ɔsso
• Hyphenation: pòs‧so

posso

1. first-person singular present indicative of potere

   posso? ― May I?; Excuse me please.

• sposo, sposò

Partial regularization of the Classical Latin possum. The form possō is found beginning in the early second century CE in the letters of Claudius Terentianus.^[1] The 3SG imperfect potēbat is attested at the end of the second century CE,^[2] while the infinitive potēre and the 1SG imperfect potēbam are attested several times in the sixth century CE, and poteō (replacing possō and reflecting a full regularization of the verb) is first attested in 745 CE.^[3]

possō (present infinitive potēre, perfect active potuī); second conjugation, no supine stem (nonstandard)

1. to be able to

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) “potere/2”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

• Rhymes: -ɔsu
• Hyphenation: pos‧so

posso

1. first-person singular present indicative of poder
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 215:

     Posso ajudá-lo a encontrar tudo...

     I can help you find everything...