prevent

prevent
pri'vent
verb
(to stop (someone doing something or something happening): He prevented me from going.) impedir
- preventive
prevent vb impedir / evitar
they tried to prevent him from entering the country intentaron impedir que entrara en el país
prevent
tr[prɪ'vent]
transitive verb
1 (gen) impedir; (avoid - accident) evitar; (- illness) prevenir
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to prevent somebody from doing something impedir a alguien hacer algo
to prevent something from happening impedir que pase algo
prevent [pri'vɛnt] vt
1) avoid: prevenir, evitar
steps to prevent war: medidas para evitar la guerra
2) hinder: impedir
prevent
v.
• cautelar v.
• desbaratar v.
• estorbar v.
• evitar v.
• impedir v.
• imposibilitar v.
• obstaculizar v.
• precaver v.
• prevenir v.
(§pres: -vengo, -vienes...-venimos) pret: -vin-
fut: -vendr-•)
• remediar v.
prɪ'vent
transitive verb
a) (hinder) impedir*

to prevent somebody/something (FROM) -ING, to prevent somebody's/something's -ING — impedir* que alguien/algo (+ subj)

she was prevented from attending the conference by a sudden illness — una repentina enfermedad impidió que asistiera or le impidió asistir al congreso

b) (forestall) \<\<crime/disease/accident\>\> prevenir*, evitar
[prɪ'vent]
VT
1) (=avert) (by taking precautions) [+ accident, disaster, death, war, pregnancy] prevenir, evitar; [+ illness] prevenir

we want to prevent a recurrence of yesterday's violence — queremos evitar que la violencia desplegada ayer se repita, queremos prevenir or evitar una repetición de la violencia desplegada ayer

2) (=impede, put a stop to) [+ crime, corruption] impedir; [+ attempt] prevenir, impedir

installations to prevent any attempt to escape — instalaciones fpl para prevenir or impedir cualquier intento de huida

bodyguards prevented his attempt to shoot the president — unos guardaespaldas hicieron fracasar su intento de disparar al presidente

to prevent the spread of AIDS/nuclear weapons — impedir la propagación del SIDA/la proliferación de las armas nucleares

to prevent sb (from) doing sth, prevent sb's doing sth — impedir que algn haga algo

I can't prevent him (from) leaving the country, I can't prevent his leaving the country — no puedo impedir que se vaya del país

don't let this prevent you from going — no dejes que esto te impida ir

she bit her lip to prevent herself from crying out — se mordió el labio para no gritar

* * *
[prɪ'vent]
transitive verb
a) (hinder) impedir*

to prevent somebody/something (FROM) -ING, to prevent somebody's/something's -ING — impedir* que alguien/algo (+ subj)

she was prevented from attending the conference by a sudden illness — una repentina enfermedad impidió que asistiera or le impidió asistir al congreso

b) (forestall) \<\<crime/disease/accident\>\> prevenir*, evitar

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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