prevenire
Meaning
- (rare, transitive) to precede
- (transitive) to anticipate
- (transitive) to prevent, to forestall
- (transitive) to inure psychologically, to prepare against negative influences
- (rare, transitive) to forewarn
Concepts
make impossible
be in the way
Synonyms
mettere un ostacolo
dare notizia
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pre‧ve‧nì‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pre.veˈni.re/
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin praeveniō (“anticipate”).
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