Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin praecavēre , present active infinitive of praecaveō .
Verb
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( transitive ) to prevent
( pronominal ) to take precautions
Conjugation
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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.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin praecavēre , present active infinitive of praecaveō .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /pɾekaˈbeɾ/ [pɾe.kaˈβ̞eɾ]
Verb
precaver (first-person singular present precavo , first-person singular preterite precaví , past participle precavido )
( transitive ) to prevent
Conjugation
1 Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.2 Argentine 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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