prevenir
Meanings
Verb
1. to prevent, to forestall, to preempt, to ward off, to stave off
2. to avert (e.g. a disease, an accident, a disaster, danger)
3. to forewarn, warn
4. to anticipate
5. to prepare (Mexico)
Examples35
Tenemos que prevenir a Tom.
We have to warn Tom.
Eso pudo haber sido prevenido.
That could've been prevented.
¿Cómo podemos prevenirlo?
How can we prevent that?
No hay manera de prevenirlo.
There is no way to prevent this.
Hombre prevenido vale por dos.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Es una enfermedad que no puede prevenirse.
It is a disease that can't be prevented.