precaver

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin praecavēre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.kaˈve(ʁ)/ [pɾe.kaˈve(h)]

• (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/

• (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

Related terms

• precaución
• precautorio
• precavido

 

Further reading

• “precaver”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014