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prevent

English

  1. 🔊 stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
    “We must prevent the cancer from spreading”
  2. 🔊 keep from happening or arising
    “My sense of tact forbids an honest answer”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 precaver to prevent
  2. 🔊 prevenir to prevent, to forestall, to preempt, to ward off, to stave off

Similar words

keep forestall foreclose preclude forbid abort anticipate arrest avert avoid baffle balk ban bar block check control curb dam debar deflect delay deny deter