/impoˈsible/
Translation
impossible
Word origin
From Latin impossibilis ('not possible'), from in- ('not') plus possibilis ('possible'), from posse ('to be able').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- impossibilis
- English cognates
- impossible, possible
Grammar
Examples
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It is impossible to finish all the work in a single day.
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I find it impossible that you have not seen it before.
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Nothing is impossible if you work hard and do not stop.
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It was impossible to hear the music with so much noise in the street.
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For him it was impossible to say no to his children.
Used in
Stories
(2)Grammar articles
(5)Spanish Text Cohesion and Style: signposting, avoiding repetition, en resumen
The Spanish Perfect Subjunctive (haya hablado)
The Spanish Pluperfect Subjunctive and Conditional Perfect (hubiera hablado, habría hablado)
Spanish Prefixes: des-, re-, in-, pre- (deshacer, imposible, rehacer)
Spanish Subjunctive After Doubt and Denial
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