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1 to prevent something from happening
impedir que pase algoEnglish-spanish dictionary > to prevent something from happening
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2 prevent
pri'vent(to stop (someone doing something or something happening): He prevented me from going.) impedir- preventive
prevent vb impedir / evitartr[prɪ'vent]\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto prevent somebody from doing something impedir a alguien hacer algoto prevent something from happening impedir que pase algoprevent [pri'vɛnt] vt1) avoid: prevenir, evitarsteps to prevent war: medidas para evitar la guerra2) hinder: impedirv.• 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'venta) ( 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]VT1) (=avert) (by taking precautions) [+ accident, disaster, death, war, pregnancy] prevenir, evitar; [+ illness] prevenirwe 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, impedirinstallations 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
* * *[prɪ'vent]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 -
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transitive verbprevent somebody from doing something, prevent somebody's doing something, (coll.) prevent somebody doing something — jemanden daran hindern od. davon abhalten, etwas zu tun
prevent somebody from coming — jemanden am Kommen hindern
catch somebody's arm to prevent him [from] falling — jemanden am Arm fassen, damit er nicht fällt
* * *[pri'vent]- academic.ru/57840/prevention">prevention- preventive* * *pre·vent[prɪˈvent]vtto \prevent accidents/confusion/panic Unfälle/Verwirrung/Panik vermeidento \prevent crime Verbrechen verhüten▪ to \prevent sb/sth [from] doing sth jdn/etw daran hindern [o davon abhalten], etw zu tunthere's nothing to \prevent us from doing it davon kann uns überhaupt nichts abhaltento \prevent a bomb from exploding/a disease from spreading verhindern, dass eine Bombe explodiert/dass sich eine Krankheit ausbreitet* * *[prɪ'vent]vtsth verhindern, verhüten; (through preventive measures) vorbeugen (+dat)to prevent sb (from) doing sth — jdn daran hindern or davon abhalten, etw zu tun
the gate is there to prevent them from falling down the stairs — das Gitter ist dazu da, dass sie nicht die Treppe hinunterfallen
to prevent sb from coming —
there is nothing to prevent me — nichts kann mich daran hindern or davon abhalten
to prevent sth (from) happening — verhindern, dass etw geschieht
* * *prevent [prıˈvent] v/tprevent misunderstandings, … um Missverständnissen vorzubeugen, …prevent sb (from) coming jemanden am Kommen hindern, jemanden vom Kommen abhaltenGod’s grace prevents us* * *transitive verb(hinder) verhindern; verhüten; (forestall) vorbeugen; verhütenprevent somebody from doing something, prevent somebody's doing something, (coll.) prevent somebody doing something — jemanden daran hindern od. davon abhalten, etwas zu tun
catch somebody's arm to prevent him [from] falling — jemanden am Arm fassen, damit er nicht fällt
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[prɪ'vɛnt]vtzapobiegać (zapobiec perf) +datto prevent sb from doing sth — uniemożliwiać (uniemożliwić perf) komuś zrobienie czegoś
to prevent sth from happening — zapobiegać (zapobiec perf) czemuś, nie dopuszczać (nie dopuścić perf) do czegoś
* * *[pri'vent](to stop (someone doing something or something happening): He prevented me from going.) powstrzymać- preventive -
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[prɪ'vent]verbo transitivo prevenire [ illness]; evitare [conflict, disaster, damage, fire]; ostacolare [ marriage]to prevent sb. from doing — impedire a qcn. di fare
* * *[pri'vent](to stop (someone doing something or something happening): He prevented me from going.) impedire- preventive* * *[prɪ'vent]verbo transitivo prevenire [ illness]; evitare [conflict, disaster, damage, fire]; ostacolare [ marriage]to prevent sb. from doing — impedire a qcn. di fare
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[pri'vent](to stop (someone doing something or something happening): He prevented me from going.) forhindre- preventive* * *[pri'vent](to stop (someone doing something or something happening): He prevented me from going.) forhindre- preventive -
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pri'vent(to stop (someone doing something or something happening): He prevented me from going.) (for)hindre, forebygge- preventiveforhindre--------hindreverb \/prɪˈvent\/1) avverge, (for)hindre2) forebygge3) ( gammeldags) gå foran, (vei)lede, gå forut (for)4) ( gammeldags) foregripebe prevented from doing something være\/bli forhindret fra å gjøre noe -
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[pri'vent](to stop (someone doing something or something happening): He prevented me from going.) impedir- preventive* * *pre.vent[priv'ent] vt+vi 1 frustrar, evitar. 2 impedir, obstar. the rain prevented his coming / a chuva impediu sua vinda. 3 prevenir (from, de). -
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[pri'vent](to stop (someone doing something or something happening): He prevented me from going.) preprečiti- preventive* * *[privént]transitive verbpreprečiti, ovirati, odvrniti ( from od); archaic voditi, biti s kom -
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[pri'vent](to stop (someone doing something or something happening): He prevented me from going.) hindra- preventive -
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[pri'vent](to stop (someone doing something or something happening): He prevented me from going.) (meg)akadályoz; megelőz- preventive -
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v. önüne geçmek, menetmek, önlemek, engel olmak, önden gitmek, yol göstermek* * *önle* * *[pri'vent](to stop (someone doing something or something happening): He prevented me from going.) önlemek- preventive -
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• torjua ennalta• torjua• tukahduttaa• inhiboida• tyrehdyttää• hidastaa• hillitä• viivyttää• ehkäistä• estää• estellä• alistaa• vaimentaa• vangita• karkottaa• kieltää• pidättää• pidättää (estää)• pidätellä* * *pri'vent(to stop (someone doing something or something happening): He prevented me from going.) estää, ehkäistä- preventive -
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[pri'vent](to stop (someone doing something or something happening): He prevented me from going.) atturēt; aizkavēt; novērst- preventive* * *aizkavēt, novērst; atturēt, pasargāt -
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[pri'vent](to stop (someone doing something or something happening): He prevented me from going.) sulaikyti, sutrukdyti, užkardyti- preventive -
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v. hindra, förhindra* * *[pri'vent](to stop (someone doing something or something happening): He prevented me from going.) hindra, förhindra- preventive -
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[pri'vent](to stop (someone doing something or something happening): He prevented me from going.) zabránit- preventive* * *• zabraňovat• zabránit• zamezit• předejít• bránit -
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[pri'vent](to stop (someone doing something or something happening): He prevented me from going.) zabrániť- preventive* * *• viest• zabránit• zamedzit• ukazovat cestu• predíst• íst vopred• bránit -
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[pri'vent](to stop (someone doing something or something happening): He prevented me from going.) a împiedica- preventive -
20 prevent
[pri'vent](to stop (someone doing something or something happening): He prevented me from going.) εμποδίζω,αποτρέπω/προλαβαίνω- preventive
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