The word "pued" is spelled with a letter "d" at the end, which might seem strange considering it's pronounced more like "pu-eh" or "pu-edh" in IPA phonetic transcription. This is because Spanish orthography often denotes the pronunciation of the "u" vowel by adding a silent "e" at the end of some words. In fact, "pued" is simply the abbreviated form of "puede", which is the third person singular form of the verb "poder", meaning "can" or "to be able to".