prever
Portuguese, verb/pɾeˈve(ʁ)/
prever is spelled P-R-E-V-E-R (6 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,159th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prever is a Portuguese verb meaning “to foresee; to predict (to estimate a future event on the basis of reasoning)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ver, saber, examinar antecipadamente; antever”.
What does prever mean in English?
verb
- 1
to foresee; to predict (to estimate a future event on the basis of reasoning)
Prevemos que vamos precisar de alguns milhares de reais.
- 2
to prescribe (to explicitly specify as a procedure or direction)
Nenhuma lei prevê o que fazer nessa situação.
- 3
to foretell; to predict (to tell the future)
A cigana previu minha morte.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ver, saber, examinar antecipadamente; antever 2. conjeturar; pressupor 3. fazer suposições; calcular
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of prever
- prevejo first-person present singular
- previ first-person preterite singular
- previsto participle past
- preveres infinitive second-person singular
- prevermos first-person infinitive plural
- preverdes infinitive plural second-person
- preverem infinitive plural third-person
- prevendo gerund
- previstos masculine participle past
- prevista feminine participle past
- previstas feminine participle past
- prevês indicative present second-person
- prevê indicative present singular
- prevemos first-person indicative plural
- prevedes indicative plural present
- preveem indicative plural present
- prevêem indicative plural present
- previa first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prever?
- Brazil /pɾeˈve(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pɾeˈve(h)]
- Portugal /pɾɨ.ˈveɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prever
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prever in Portuguese?
prever appears 8.7 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).