prever

Learned borrowing from Latin praevidēre.

prever (first-person singular present prevexo, first-person singular preterite prevín, past participle previsto)
prever (first-person singular present prevejo, first-person singular preterite previm or previ, past participle previsto, reintegrationist norm)

1. to foresee, predict

• entrever
• rever
• ver

Adapted from Latin praevidēre, corresponding to pré- +‎ ver (“to see”).

prever (first-person singular present prevejo, first-person singular preterite previ, past participle previsto)

1. (transitive) to foresee; to predict (to estimate a future event on the basis of reasoning)

   Synonym: antever

   Prevemos que vamos precisar de alguns milhares de reais.

   We predict that we will need a few thousand reais.

2. (chiefly law, transitive) to prescribe (to explicitly specify as a procedure or direction)

   Nenhuma lei prevê o que fazer nessa situação.

   There is no law prescribing what to do in this situation.

3. (supernatural, transitive) to foretell; to predict (to tell the future)

   Synonyms: adivinhar, predizer

   A cigana previu minha morte.

   The gypsy foretold my death.

Borrowed from Latin praevidēre. Cognate with English preview.

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈbeɾ/
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: pre‧ver

prever (first-person singular present preveo, first-person singular preterite preví, past participle previsto)

1. to foresee
2. to envisage

• pronosticar
• predecir

• “prever”, 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