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Ella puede leer el periódico en inglés.

Ella puede leer el periódico en inglés.
She can read the newspaper in English.
From Lesson 34:Verb + infinitive (quiero comer, sé leer)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Ella puede leer el periódico en inglés.

Why is leer in its full dictionary form instead of being conjugated?
When you have two verbs together and the first one is conjugated (like puede, meaning "she can"), the second verb stays in its infinitive or dictionary form (leer, meaning "to read"). This is just like English where we say "she can read" instead of "she can reads".
The verb for "to be able to" is poder. Why does it change to puede here?
Poder is a "stem-changing" verb. This means that when you conjugate it, the vowel in the middle of the root word changes. For poder, the o changes to ue in all forms except for "we" and "you all" (plural). So for ella (she), it becomes puede.
Why isn't the word for English (inglés) capitalized here?
In Spanish, languages and nationalities are never capitalized unless they are the very first word in a sentence. Because of this rule, you write languages like inglés, español, and francés with lowercase letters.
The word periódico looks like "periodical". Does it just mean newspaper?
Yes, el periódico is the standard, everyday word for "the newspaper". It comes from the fact that newspapers are published periodically (like daily or weekly), but in everyday Spanish, it simply refers to a regular newspaper.

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