preventivamente

Italian

Etymology

From preventivo +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pre.ven.ti.vaˈmen.te/
• Rhymes: -ente
• Hyphenation: pre‧ven‧ti‧va‧mén‧te

Adverb

preventivamente

1. preemptively, in advance, beforehand

   Synonyms: in anticipo, anticipatamente

Portuguese

Etymology

From preventivo +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.vẽˌt͡ʃi.vaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.vẽˌt͡ʃi.vaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.vẽˌt͡ʃi.vaˈmẽ.te/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.vẽˌti.vɐˈmẽ.tɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.vẽˌti.vɐˈmẽ.tɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.bẽˌti.bɐˈmẽ.tɨ/ [pɾɨ.βẽˌti.βɐˈmẽ.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: pre‧ven‧ti‧va‧men‧te

Adverb

preventivamente (not comparable)

1. preventively, preemptively

Further reading

• “preventivamente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “preventivamente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From preventivo +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾebenˌtibaˈmente/ [pɾe.β̞ẽn̪ˌt̪i.β̞aˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: pre‧ven‧ti‧va‧men‧te

Adverb

preventivamente

1. preventively, preemptively

Further reading

• “preventivamente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025