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

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

From preveni + -re.

Noun

prevenire f (plural preveniri)

  1. prevention

Declension

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