prevenção

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin praeventio, praeventionem, from Latin praeventus, from praevenio.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾevẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɨvẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: pre‧ven‧ção

Noun

prevenção f (plural prevenções)

  1. prevention
  2. preparedness, foresight

Further reading
  • prevenção in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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