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1 avert
ə'və:t1) (to turn away, especially one's eyes: She averted her eyes from the dead animal.) desviar, apartar2) (to prevent: to avert disaster.) prevenir; impedirtr[ə'vɜːt]1 (avoid) evitar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto avert one's eyes apartar la vistaavert [ə'vərt] vt1) : apartar, desviarhe averted his eyes from the scene: apartó los ojos de la escena2) avoid, prevent: evitar, prevenirv.• desviar v.• impedir v.ə'vɜːrt, ə'vɜːta) \<\<eyes/gaze\>\>b) \<\<danger/suspicion\>\> evitar; \<\<accident/strike\>\> impedir*, evitar; \<\<threat\>\> conjurar[ǝ'vɜːt]VT1) (=turn away) [+ eyes, thoughts] apartar ( from de); [+ suspicion] desviar ( from de); [+ possibility] evitar2) (=prevent) [+ accident, danger etc] prevenir3) (=parry) [+ blows] desviar* * *[ə'vɜːrt, ə'vɜːt]a) \<\<eyes/gaze\>\>b) \<\<danger/suspicion\>\> evitar; \<\<accident/strike\>\> impedir*, evitar; \<\<threat\>\> conjurar -
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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