precaver

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin praecavēre.

Verb

precaver (no stressed present indicative or subjunctive, first-person singular preterite precavi, past participle precavido)

  1. (transitive) to prevent
  2. (pronominal) to take precautions

Usage notes

Sometimes speakers create additional inflected forms based on the paradigms of ver or vir, such as precavejo or precavenho, though this is considered nonstandard.

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin praecavēre, present active infinitive of praecaveō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾekaˈbeɾ/ [pɾe.kaˈβ̞eɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: pre‧ca‧ver

Verb

precaver (first-person singular present precavo, first-person singular preterite precaví, past participle precavido)

  1. (transitive) to prevent

Conjugation

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