NON POTEST in English translation

• cannot
• may not
• is not possible
• is not true
• unable
• can never
• can no
• no bounds
• is not able
• can't
• could not
• can not
• might not

Examples of using Non potest in Latin and their translations into English

Merita sua non potest cum verecundia recensere, multo minus extollere.
They may not stand out as anything worth noticing, much less remedying.

Et Commentator non potest defendi.
You cannot attack a commenter.

Per Fundam(Francogallice: la Fronde) non potest tegi voluntate regis quoniam minor est.
As Lalic points out: White can no longer castle kingside and will usually have to go the other way.

Jure columna, quae subverti non potest.
I swear some people know no bounds.

Non intelligitis quia omne extrinsecus introiens in hominem, non potest eum coinquinare?
Do you not understand that everything outside entering into the man is not able to defile him?

Data restitui non potest, quid?
Information may not be returned?

In hac autem vita non potest omne malum excludi.
In this life every evil cannot be excluded.

Non intelligitis quia omne extrinsecus introiens in hominem, non potest eum coinquinare?
Do you not understand that everything entering to a man from outside is not able to pollute him?

Sed Deus non potest facere effectum infinitum.
But God can't do that if He's infinite.

Sed Deus non potest facere effectum infinitum.
But God cannot produce an infinite effect.

Ergo non potest dici mater.
You can't say mother.

Data restitui non potest.
It could not return the requested data.

Corporale non potest agere in spirituale.
The corporeal cannot act on the spiritual.

Et ideo meritum non potest esse sine actu, sed peccatum potest esse sine actu.
The Act itself may not be criminal, but the result of the act may be.

Cur hunc non potest sacerdoti?
Why can not women be a priest?

Non potest esse una pagina.
We could not find that page.

Ergo non potest facere alia quam quae fecit.
Wake can't do any more than he's doing.

Una substantia non potest produci ab alia substantia.
One substance cannot be produced by another substance.

Dyscravia coniungi potest vel non potest a consimili imbecillitate legendi, sicut dyslexia, in qua litterae consonantes usitatius sine voce cum voce dicuntur, et vice versa.
Dyscravia may or may not be accompanied by a parallel reading disability i.e. a dyslexia in which letters denoting voiceless consonants are pronounced as voiced and vice versa.

Sine enim absoluto visu non potest esse visus contractus.
One person alone can not accomplish it all.