Spanish Verb PREVENIR - to prevent. Irregular IR family

Spanish Verb PREVENIR: to prevent, to warn

The Spanish verb prevenir means 'to prevent ' and is an irregular Spanish IR verb.

To remember this, imagine she warns us to PREVENT HERE any problems!

Prevenir like venir makes numerous conjugation changes, so be aware and practise them.
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Read on, below the PREVENIR verb table...

to prevent: prevenir
Imagine she warns us to PREVENT HERE
any problems!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE PREVENIR - to prevent
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb prevenir
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente prevent	prevengo	previenes	previene	prevenimos	prevenís	previenen
Imperfect Imperfecto prevented	prevenía	prevenías	prevenía	preveníamos	preveníais	prevenían
Preterit Pretérito prevented	previne	previniste	previno	previnimos	previnisteis	previnieron
Future Futuro will prevent	prevendré	prevendrás	prevendrá	prevendremos	prevendréis	prevendrán
Conditional Condicional would prevent	prevendría	prevendrías	prevendría	prevendríamos	prevendríais	prevendrían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may prevent	prevenga	prevengas	prevenga	prevengamos	prevengáis	prevengan
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might prevent	previniera	previnieras	previniera	previniéramos	previnierais	previnieran
	previniese	previnieses	previniese	previniésemos	previnieseis	previniesen
Imperatives Spanish Verb prevenir - to prevent
Imperative Imperativo prevent!		¡preven!	¡prevenga!	¡prevengamos!	¡prevenid!	¡prevengan!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't prevent!		¡no prevengas!	¡no prevenga!	¡no prevengamos!	¡no prevengáis!	¡no prevengan!
Compound Tenses of the Spanish Verb PREVENIR Past Participle: prevenido - have prevent
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have prevented	he prevenido	has prevenido	ha prevenido	hemos prevenido	habéis prevenido	han prevenido
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had prevented	hube prevenido	hubiste prevenido	hubo prevenido	hubimos prevenido	hubisteis prevenido	hubieron prevenido
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had prevented	había prevenido	habías prevenido	había prevenido	habíamos prevenido	habíais prevenido	habían prevenido
Present Perfect Subj Presente Perfecto Subj may have prevented	haya prevenido	hayas prevenido	haya prevenido	hayamos prevenido	hayáis prevenido	hayan prevenido
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have prevented	habré prevenido	habrás prevenido	habrá prevenido	habremos prevenido	habréis prevenido	habrán prevenido
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have prevented	habría prevenido	habrías prevenido	habría prevenido	habríamos prevenido	habríais prevenido	habrían prevenido
Pluperfect Subjunctive Pluscuamperf. de sbj might have prevented	hubiera prevenido	hubieras prevenido	hubiera prevenido	hubiéramos prevenido	hubierais prevenido	hubieran prevenido
	hubiese prevenido	hubieses prevenido	hubiese prevenido	hubiésemos prevenido	hubieseis prevenido	hubiesen prevenido
Progressive Tenses PREVENIR Present Participle: previniendo - preventing
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am preventing	estoy previniendo	estás previniendo	está previniendo	estamos previniendo	estáis previniendo	están previniendo
Preterit Progressive Pretérito Prog was preventing	estuve previniendo	estuviste previniendo	estuvo previniendo	estuvimos previniendo	estuvisteis previniendo	estuvieron previniendo
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto Prog had been preventing	estaba previniendo	estabas previniendo	estaba previniendo	estábamos previniendo	estabais previniendo	estaban previniendo
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto Prog will be preventing	estaré previniendo	estarás previniendo	estará previniendo	estaremos previniendo	estaréis previniendo	estarán previniendo
Conditional Progressive Condicional perf. prog. would have been ...ing	estaría previniendo	estarías previniendo	estabría previniendo	estaríamos previniendo	estaríais previniendo	estarían previniendo
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo Progressivo may've been ...ing	que ~ previniendo	que ~ previniendo	que ~ previniendo	que ~ previniendo	que ~ previniendo	que ~ previniendo

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USING the SPANISH VERB PREVENIR

prevenir can also mean: to warn.
prevenirse contra algo: to take preventative measures/precautions against something; to be warned.
prevenido/a (pp/adj): warned, prepared, ready.
estar prevenido/a: to be well-prepared/well-organised.

preventivo/a (adj m/f): preventative, preventive.
la prevención (nf): prevention, precaution.
la prevención de la delincuencia: crime prevention.

Más vale/mejor es prevenir que curar: Prevention is better than cure.
Más vale/mejor es prevenir que lamentar: It's better to be safe than sorry (preventing is better than crying).
Para prevenidos no hay acasos: For the well-prepared there are no maybes. (Baltasar Gracián)

vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular -
- in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America.
Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'.
In irregular IR verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos prevenís
Imperativo: ¡prevení!

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