prevenir

• previndre

Learned borrowing from Latin praevenīre (“anticipate”).

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

prevenir (first-person singular present previnc, first-person singular preterite previnguí, past participle previngut); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. to warn
2. to anticipate
3. to prevent

• prevenció
• prevenent
• preventiu
• venir

• “prevenir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “prevenir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “prevenir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “prevenir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• previéner (Gascony)
• prevénguer (Gascony)

Learned borrowing from Latin praeveniō (“anticipate”).

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prevenir

1. to warn
2. to forestall, to prevent

• prevencion
• preventiu
• prevenéncia

Learned borrowing from Latin praeveniō (“anticipate”).

• Hyphenation: pre‧ve‧nir

prevenir (first-person singular present previno, third-person singular present previne, first-person singular preterite preveni, past participle prevenido)

1. to prevent

   Synonym: evitar

2. to warn

   Synonym: avisar

3. to prepare

   Synonym: preparar

• prevenção
• vir

Learned borrowing from Latin praeveniō (“anticipate”).

• IPA^(key): /pɾebeˈniɾ/
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: pre‧ve‧nir

prevenir (first-person singular present prevengo, first-person singular preterite previne, past participle prevenido)

1. to prevent, to forestall, to preempt, to ward off, to stave off
2. to avert (e.g. a disease, an accident, a disaster, danger)
3. to forewarn, warn
4. to anticipate
5. (Mexico) to prepare

• “prevenir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10