preventive

Significado (Inglés)

Adj

1. Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.
2. Carried out to deter military aggression.
3. Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic.
4. (obsolete) Going before; preceding.

Noun

1. (dated) A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to.
2. (dated) A thing that slows the development of an illness.
3. A contraceptive, especially a condom.

Conceptos

preventivo

profiláctico

estorbo

preventiva

profiláctica

cautelar

interferencia

Sinónimos

prophylactic

preventative

precautionary

contraceptive

birth control device

protective

hindrance

contraceptive device

inhibitory

prophylactic device

incumbrance

hitch

encumbrance

deterrent

interference

hinderance

prophylactic treatment

prevention

preventive treatment

defensive

deterring

dissuasive

inhibitive

obstacle

obstruction

preemptive

premonitory

preventing

prohibitive

prophylactical

remedial

resistant

stopping

superstitious

Traducciones

préventif

präventiv

prophylactique

preventivo

prophylaktisch

profilattico

preventivo

vorbeugend

preventiu

profilático

vorsorglich

precautori

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/pɹɪˈvɛntɪv/

Etimología (Inglés)

Borrowed from New Latin praeventīvus. Equivalent to prevent + -ive.