precaver

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin praecavēre.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾe.kaˈve(ʁ)/ [pɾe.kaˈve(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /pɾe.kaˈve(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pɾe.kaˈve(ʁ)/ [pɾe.kaˈve(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾe.kaˈve(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɨ.kɐˈveɾ/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɨ.kɐˈbeɾ/ [pɾɨ.kɐˈβeɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɨ.kɐˈve.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: pre‧ca‧ver

Verb

precaver (no stressed present indicative or subjunctive, first-person singular preterite precavi, past participle precavido)

  1. (transitive) to prevent
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) 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)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu)		 Second-person
(tu)		 Third-person
(ele / ela / você)		 First-person
(nós)		 Second-person
(vós)		 Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal precaver
Personal precaver precaveres precaver precavermos precaverdes precaverem
Gerund
precavendo
Past participle
Masculine precavido precavidos
Feminine precavida precavidas
Indicative
Present — — — precavemos precaveis —
Imperfect precavia precavias precavia precavíamos precavíeis precaviam
Preterite precavi precaveste precaveu precavemos precavestes precaveram
Pluperfect precavera precaveras precavera precavêramos precavêreis precaveram
Future precaverei precaverás precaverá precaveremos precavereis precaverão
Conditional precaveria precaverias precaveria precaveríamos precaveríeis precaveriam
Subjunctive
Present — — — — — —
Imperfect precavesse precavesses precavesse precavêssemos precavêsseis precavessem
Future precaver precaveres precaver precavermos precaverdes precaverem
Imperative
Affirmative — — — precavei —
Negative (não) — — — — —

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin praecavēre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɾekaˈbeɾ/ [pɾe.kaˈβ̞eɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: pre‧ca‧ver

Verb

precaver (first-person singular present precavo, first-person singular preterite precaví, past participle precavido)

  1. (transitive) to prevent

Conjugation
    Conjugation of precaver (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive precaver
gerund precaviendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular precavido precavida
plural precavidos precavidas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present precavo precavestú
precavésvos		 precave precavemos precavéis precaven
imperfect precavía precavías precavía precavíamos precavíais precavían
preterite precaví precaviste precavió precavimos precavisteis precavieron
future precaveré precaverás precaverá precaveremos precaveréis precaverán
conditional precavería precaverías precavería precaveríamos precaveríais precaverían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present precava precavastú
precavásvos2		 precava precavamos precaváis precavan
imperfect
(ra)		 precaviera precavieras precaviera precaviéramos precavierais precavieran
imperfect
(se)		 precaviese precavieses precaviese precaviésemos precavieseis precaviesen
future1 precaviere precavieres precaviere precaviéremos precaviereis precavieren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative precavetú
precavévos		 precava precavamos precaved precavan
negative no precavas no precava no precavamos no precaváis no precavan

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of precaver

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive precaver
dative precaverme precaverte precaverle, precaverse precavernos precaveros precaverles, precaverse
accusative precaverme precaverte precaverlo, precaverla, precaverse precavernos precaveros precaverlos, precaverlas, precaverse
with gerund precaviendo
dative precaviéndome precaviéndote precaviéndole, precaviéndose precaviéndonos precaviéndoos precaviéndoles, precaviéndose
accusative precaviéndome precaviéndote precaviéndolo, precaviéndola, precaviéndose precaviéndonos precaviéndoos precaviéndolos, precaviéndolas, precaviéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative precave
dative precáveme precávete precávele precávenos not used precáveles
accusative precáveme precávete precávelo, precávela precávenos not used precávelos, precávelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative precavé
dative precaveme precavete precavele precavenos not used precaveles
accusative precaveme precavete precavelo, precavela precavenos not used precavelos, precavelas
with formal second-person singular imperative precava
dative precávame not used precávale, precávase precávanos not used precávales
accusative precávame not used precávalo, precávala, precávase precávanos not used precávalos, precávalas
with first-person plural imperative precavamos
dative not used precavámoste precavámosle precavámonos precavámoos precavámosles
accusative not used precavámoste precavámoslo, precavámosla precavámonos precavámoos precavámoslos, precavámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative precaved
dative precavedme not used precavedle precavednos precaveos precavedles
accusative precavedme not used precavedlo, precavedla precavednos precaveos precavedlos, precavedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative precavan
dative precávanme not used precávanle precávannos not used precávanles, precávanse
accusative precávanme not used precávanlo, precávanla precávannos not used precávanlos, precávanlas, precávanse

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