れる — meaning in English

English meaning

• able adj Having the power, skill, resources, or opportunity to do something.
• be verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
• can verb To be able to do something, or to know how to do it.

Senses

れる is used for these senses in English:

• able Able to be done; fit to be done.
• ible An adjective suffix, now usually in a passive sense; forms adjectives meaning "able to be", "relevant or suitable to, in accordance with", or expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense.
• be (auxiliary) Used with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice.
• can (Manglish, Singlish, intransitive) To be fine or acceptable; to be possible; (with liao or already) to be enough. Often used in conjunction with a variety of clause-final particles, e.g., lah, meh or one, to express different attitudes towards the subject matter.

able — full definition

1. adj Having the power, skill, resources, or opportunity to do something.
2. adj Skilled or competent.

be — full definition

1. verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
2. verb Used with another verb to form continuing or passive actions.

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