prevenir

• previndre

Learned borrowing from Latin praevenīre (“anticipate”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾə.βəˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾə.vəˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.veˈniɾ]

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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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “prevenir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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/ [pɾe.β̞eˈniɾ]
• 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
   • 2023 August 22, Jamie Gumbrecht, “La FDA aprueba la primera vacuna para proteger a los recién nacidos del virus respiratorio sincitial”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     Seis meses después del nacimiento, la vacuna tenía una eficacia del 69% para prevenir la enfermedad grave por RSV y del 51% para prevenir una visita al médico por problemas respiratorios relacionados con el RSV.

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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], 10 December 2024