precaver
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin praecavēre.
Verb
precaver (no stressed present indicative or subjunctive, first-person singular preterite precavi, past participle precavido)
- (transitive) to prevent
- (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
Conjugation of precaver (defective) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin praecavēre, present active infinitive of praecaveō.
Pronunciation
Verb
precaver (first-person singular present precavo, first-person singular preterite precaví, past participle precavido)
- (transitive) to prevent
Conjugation
Conjugation of precaver (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of precaver
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
Further reading
- “precaver”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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