# prevenir
## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* previndre

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin praevenīre (“anticipate”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [pɾə.βəˈni]
* IPA: (Balearic) [pɾə.vəˈni]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pɾe.veˈniɾ]

### Verb

prevenir (first-person singular present previnc, first-person singular preterite previnguí, past participle previngut); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
* to warn
* to anticipate
* to prevent

#### Related terms

* prevenció
* prevenent
* preventiu
* venir

### Further reading

* “prevenir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “prevenir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “prevenir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “prevenir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* previéner (Gascony)
* prevénguer (Gascony)

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin praeveniō (“anticipate”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Verb

prevenir
* to warn
* to forestall, to prevent

#### Related terms

* prevencion
* preventiu
* prevenéncia

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin praeveniō (“anticipate”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾe.veˈni(ʁ)/ [pɾe.veˈni(h)], /pɾe.viˈni(ʁ)/ [pɾe.viˈni(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾe.veˈni(ʁ)/ [pɾe.veˈni(h)], /pɾe.viˈni(ʁ)/ [pɾe.viˈni(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pɾe.veˈni(ɾ)/, /pɾe.viˈni(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pɾe.veˈni(ʁ)/ [pɾe.veˈni(χ)], /pɾe.viˈni(ʁ)/ [pɾe.viˈni(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pɾe.veˈni(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾɨ.vɨˈniɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾɨ.vɨˈniɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /pɾɨ.bɨˈniɾ/ [pɾɨ.βɨˈniɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɾɨ.vɨˈni.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: pre‧ve‧nir

### Verb

prevenir (first-person singular present previno, third-person singular present previne, first-person singular preterite preveni, past participle prevenido)
* to prevent
    Synonym: evitar
* to warn
    Synonym: avisar
* to prepare
    Synonym: preparar

#### Related terms

* prevenção
* vir

## Spanish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin praeveniō (“anticipate”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾebeˈniɾ/ [pɾe.β̞eˈniɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: pre‧ve‧nir

### Verb

prevenir (first-person singular present prevengo, first-person singular preterite previne, past participle prevenido)
* 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
* (Mexico) to prepare

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* hombre prevenido vale por dos
* más vale prevenir que curar
* prevenible

#### Related terms

* prevención
* preventivo
* venir

### Further reading

* “prevenir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10