precaver
Spanish, verb/pɾekaˈbeɾ/
precaver is spelled P-R-E-C-A-V-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish, the 183,993rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Precaver is a Spanish verb meaning “to prevent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Prevenir un daño, peligro o riesgo, para protegerse de él y evitarlo”.
What does precaver mean in English?
verb
- 1
to prevent
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Prevenir un daño, peligro o riesgo, para protegerse de él y evitarlo. 2. Actuar con previsión ante una situación adversa.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of precaver
- precavo first-person present singular
- precaví first-person preterite singular
- precavido participle past
- precaviendo gerund
- precavida feminine participle past
- precavidos masculine participle past
- precavidas feminine participle past
- precaves indicative informal present
- precavés indicative informal present
- precave indicative present singular
- precavemos first-person indicative plural
- precavéis indicative plural present
- precaven indicative plural present
- precavía first-person imperfect indicative
- precavías imperfect indicative second-person
- precavíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- precavíais imperfect indicative plural
- precavían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce precaver?
- /pɾekaˈbeɾ/
- [pɾe.kaˈβ̞eɾ]
- [pɾekaˈβ̞eɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is precaver in Spanish?
precaver appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).