Italian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin praeveniō (anticipate).

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

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 edit

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Romanian edit

Etymology edit

From preveni +‎ -re.

Noun edit

prevenire f (plural preveniri)

  1. prevention

Declension edit