prever
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== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin praevidēre.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /pɾeˈbeɾ/ [pɾeˈβ̞eɾ]
Rhymes: -eɾ
Hyphenation: pre‧ver
=== Verb ===
prever (first-person singular present prevexo, first-person singular preterite prevín, past participle previsto)
prever (first-person singular present prevejo, first-person singular preterite previm or previ, past participle previsto, reintegrationist norm)
to foresee, predict
Synonym: antever
==== Conjugation ====
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=== Further reading ===
“prever”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
“prever”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Adapted from Latin praevidēre, corresponding to pré- + ver (“to see”).
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Verb ===
prever (first-person singular present prevejo, first-person singular preterite previ, past participle previsto)
(transitive) to foresee; to predict (to estimate a future event on the basis of reasoning)
Synonym: antever
(chiefly law, transitive) to prescribe (to explicitly specify as a procedure or direction)
(supernatural, transitive) to foretell; to predict (to tell the future)
Synonyms: adivinhar, predizer
==== Conjugation ====
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=== Further reading ===
“prever”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“prever”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
preveer (proscribed)
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin praevidēre. By surface analysis, pre- + ver. Cognate with English preview.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /pɾeˈbeɾ/ [pɾeˈβ̞eɾ]
Rhymes: -eɾ
Syllabification: pre‧ver
=== Verb ===
prever (first-person singular present preveo, first-person singular preterite preví, past participle previsto)
to foresee, to anticipate
Si se prevé que... ― If it is anticipated that...
to envisage
==== Conjugation ====
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==== See also ====
pronosticar
predecir
=== Further reading ===
“prever”, 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