Polyglot Dictionary

prever

/pɾeˈveɾ/

verb B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
prevejo
preterite (eu)
previ
past participle
previsto

Meaning

  1. to foresee

    • Preveem chuva.

      Rain is forecast.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

antever

antever is slightly more literary, to foresee or anticipate intuitively; prever is more general and common, to predict or forecast.

Similar in other languages

German

voraussehen

voraussehen is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to foresee."

German

vorhersehen

vorhersehen is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to foresee."

Spanish

prever

prever is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to foresee."

Practice

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