prevenir
/pɾebeˈniɾ/ verb B1- to prevent, to forestall, to preempt, to ward off, to stave off
- to avert (e.g. a disease, an accident, a disaster, danger)
- to forewarn, warn
- to anticipate
- to prepare
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- prevenir
- Gerund
- previniendo
- Past participle
- prevenido
- Present (yo)
- prevengo
- Preterite (yo)
- previne
An irregular verb: some of its forms don’t follow the rules, so learn them by heart.
From the library
Y que vale por dos el prevenido.»
Un chico le previno y presentándose llorando ante el anciano, le dijo que aquel hombre le había pegado y que Eyzaguirre le había defendido.
Como dos días se estuvo previniendo, machacando ají, pimienta y sal y de otras cosas fuertes para matar a la Leona.
Entra Cienojos, todo lo previene;
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