precaver
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin praecavēre.
Verb
precaver (no stressed present indicative or subjunctive, first-person singular preterite precavi, past participle precavido)
- (transitive) to prevent
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to take precautions
Usage notes
Sometimes speakers create additional inflected forms based on the paradigms of ver or vir, such as precavejo or precavenho, though this is considered nonstandard.
Conjugation
Conjugation of precaver (defective) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | precaver | |||||
| Personal | precaver | precaveres | precaver | precavermos | precaverdes | precaverem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| precavendo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | precavido | precavidos | ||||
| Feminine | precavida | precavidas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | — | — | — | precavemos | precaveis | — |
| Imperfect | precavia | precavias | precavia | precavíamos | precavíeis | precaviam |
| Preterite | precavi | precaveste | precaveu | precavemos | precavestes | precaveram |
| Pluperfect | precavera | precaveras | precavera | precavêramos | precavêreis | precaveram |
| Future | precaverei | precaverás | precaverá | precaveremos | precavereis | precaverão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| precaveria | precaverias | precaveria | precaveríamos | precaveríeis | precaveriam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Imperfect | precavesse | precavesses | precavesse | precavêssemos | precavêsseis | precavessem |
| Future | precaver | precaveres | precaver | precavermos | precaverdes | precaverem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | — | — | — | precavei | — | |
| Negative (não) | — | — | — | — | — | |
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin praecavēre, present active infinitive of praecaveō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾekaˈbeɾ/ [pɾe.kaˈβ̞eɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: pre‧ca‧ver
Verb
precaver (first-person singular present precavo, first-person singular preterite precaví, past participle precavido)
- (transitive) to prevent
Conjugation
Conjugation of precaver (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | precaver | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | precaviendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | precavido | precavida | |||||
| plural | precavidos | precavidas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | precavo | precavestú precavésvos | precave | precavemos | precavéis | precaven | |
| imperfect | precavía | precavías | precavía | precavíamos | precavíais | precavían | |
| preterite | precaví | precaviste | precavió | precavimos | precavisteis | precavieron | |
| future | precaveré | precaverás | precaverá | precaveremos | precaveréis | precaverán | |
| conditional | precavería | precaverías | precavería | precaveríamos | precaveríais | precaverían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | precava | precavastú precavásvos2 | precava | precavamos | precaváis | precavan | |
| imperfect (ra) | precaviera | precavieras | precaviera | precaviéramos | precavierais | precavieran | |
| imperfect (se) | precaviese | precavieses | precaviese | precaviésemos | precavieseis | precaviesen | |
| future1 | precaviere | precavieres | precaviere | precaviéremos | precaviereis | precavieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | precavetú precavévos | precava | precavamos | precaved | precavan | ||
| negative | no precavas | no precava | no precavamos | no precaváis | no precavan | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of precaver
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive precaver | |||||||
| dative | precaverme | precaverte | precaverle, precaverse | precavernos | precaveros | precaverles, precaverse | |
| accusative | precaverme | precaverte | precaverlo, precaverla, precaverse | precavernos | precaveros | precaverlos, precaverlas, precaverse | |
| with gerund precaviendo | |||||||
| dative | precaviéndome | precaviéndote | precaviéndole, precaviéndose | precaviéndonos | precaviéndoos | precaviéndoles, precaviéndose | |
| accusative | precaviéndome | precaviéndote | precaviéndolo, precaviéndola, precaviéndose | precaviéndonos | precaviéndoos | precaviéndolos, precaviéndolas, precaviéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative precave | |||||||
| dative | precáveme | precávete | precávele | precávenos | not used | precáveles | |
| accusative | precáveme | precávete | precávelo, precávela | precávenos | not used | precávelos, precávelas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative precavé | |||||||
| dative | precaveme | precavete | precavele | precavenos | not used | precaveles | |
| accusative | precaveme | precavete | precavelo, precavela | precavenos | not used | precavelos, precavelas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative precava | |||||||
| dative | precávame | not used | precávale, precávase | precávanos | not used | precávales | |
| accusative | precávame | not used | precávalo, precávala, precávase | precávanos | not used | precávalos, precávalas | |
| with first-person plural imperative precavamos | |||||||
| dative | not used | precavámoste | precavámosle | precavámonos | precavámoos | precavámosles | |
| accusative | not used | precavámoste | precavámoslo, precavámosla | precavámonos | precavámoos | precavámoslos, precavámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative precaved | |||||||
| dative | precavedme | not used | precavedle | precavednos | precaveos | precavedles | |
| accusative | precavedme | not used | precavedlo, precavedla | precavednos | precaveos | precavedlos, precavedlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative precavan | |||||||
| dative | precávanme | not used | precávanle | precávannos | not used | precávanles, precávanse | |
| accusative | precávanme | not used | precávanlo, precávanla | precávannos | not used | precávanlos, precávanlas, precávanse | |
Related terms
- precaución
- precautorio
- precavido
Further reading
- “precaver”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014