prevenire

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin praeveniō (“anticipate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pre.veˈni.re/
• Rhymes: -ire
• Hyphenation: pre‧ve‧nì‧re

Verb

prevenìre (first-person singular present prevèngo, first-person singular past historic prevénni or prevènni, past participle prevenùto, first-person singular future preverrò, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

1. (rare) to precede
2. to anticipate
3. to prevent, to forestall
4. to inure psychologically, to prepare against negative influences
5. (rare) to forewarn

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prevenìre (-ire; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	prevenìre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		prevenèndo
present participle		preveniènte	past participle		prevenùto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	prevèngo	previèni, previéni	previène, previéne	preveniàmo	prevenìte	prevèngono
imperfect	prevenìvo	prevenìvi	prevenìva	prevenivàmo	prevenivàte	prevenìvano
past historic	prevénni, prevènni	prevenìsti	prevénne, prevènne	prevenìmmo	prevenìste	prevénnero, prevènnero
future	preverrò	preverrài	preverrà	preverrémo	preverréte	preverrànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	preverrèi	preverrésti	preverrèbbe, preverrébbe	preverrémmo	preverréste	preverrèbbero, preverrébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	prevènga	prevènga	prevènga	preveniàmo	preveniàte	prevèngano
imperfect	prevenìssi	prevenìssi	prevenìsse	prevenìssimo	prevenìste	prevenìssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		previèni, previéni	prevènga	preveniàmo	prevenìte	prevèngano
negative imperative		non prevenìre	non prevènga	non preveniàmo	non prevenìte	non prevèngano

Related terms

• preventivo
• prevenzione

Anagrams

• pervenire

Romanian

Etymology

From preveni +‎ -re.

Noun

prevenire f (plural preveniri)

1. prevention

Declension

Declension of prevenire

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) prevenire	prevenirea	(niște) preveniri	prevenirile
genitive/dative	(unei) preveniri	prevenirii	(unor) preveniri	prevenirilor
vocative	prevenire, prevenireo		prevenirilor