Prevent
//pɹɪˈvɛnt//
Translations of "prevent" (52 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | κωλύω(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | kōlúō | |
| Arabic | منع(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), مَنَعَ(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | manaʕ, manaʕa | |
| Belarusian | прадухіля́ць(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), прадухілі́ць(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | praduxiljácʹ, praduxilícʹ | |
| Bulgarian | попречвам(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), предотвратявам(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | poprečvam, predotvratjavam | |
| Catalan | impedir(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), prevenir(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 防止(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), 預防 /预防(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | fángzhǐ, yùfáng | |
| Czech | bránit(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), zabránit(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Danish | forhindre(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Dutch | verhinderen(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), voorkomen(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Esperanto | malebligi(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), malhelpi(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), preventi(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Estonian | ennetama(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Finnish | ehkäistä(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), estää(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| French | empêcher(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Galician | impedir(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| German | etwas daran hindern (zu geschehen)(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), verhindern(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), vorbeugen(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Gothic | 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | analatjan | |
| Greek | αποτρέπω(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | apotrépo | |
| Haitian Creole | anpeche(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Hebrew | מָנַע(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | maná' | |
| Hindi | निवारण(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | nivāraṇ | |
| Hungarian | megakadályoz(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), megelőz(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), meggátol(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Indonesian | mencegah(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Ingrian | essyttää(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), estää(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Irish | coisc(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), urghair(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Italian | impedire(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), prevenire(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Japanese | 予防する(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | yobō suru | |
| Kazakh | алдын алу(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), болдырмай қою(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), болдырмау(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | aldyn alu, boldyrmai qoü, boldyrmau | |
| Korean | 막다(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), 방해하다(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | makda, banghaehada | |
| Kumyk | болма къоймамакъ(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | bolma qoymamaq | |
| Latin | arceō(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Macedonian | спречи(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | spreči | |
| Malay | mencegah(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Malayalam | തടയുക(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | taṭayuka | |
| Manchu | ᡩᠣᡳᡤᠣᠮᡧᠣᠮᠪᡳ(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | doigomšombi | |
| Māori | whakahōtaetae(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), whakakati(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Middle English | merren(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | forebygge(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Polish | zapobiec(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), zapobiegać(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Portuguese | impedir(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), prevenir(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Romanian | preveni(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), preîntâmpina(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Russian | меша́ть(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), помеша́ть(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), предотврати́ть(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), предотвраща́ть(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | mešátʹ, pomešátʹ, predotvratítʹ, predotvraščátʹ | |
| Serbo-Croatian | sprečávati(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), spréčiti(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), спре́чити(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), спреча́вати(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Southern Altai | болдырбаар(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | boldïrbaar | |
| Spanish | impedir(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), prevenir(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Swedish | förebygga(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), förhindra(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Tagalog | iwasan(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Telugu | నివారించు(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | nivāriñcu | |
| Thai | ป้องกัน(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | bpɔ̂ng-gan | |
| Ukrainian | запобі́гти(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), запобіга́ти(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | zapobíhty, zapobiháty | |
| Vietnamese | ngăn(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), ngăn chặn(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Welsh | atal(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off), rhwystro(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — | |
| Woiwurrung | me-am bak(to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off) | — |
impedir, prevenir
bránit, zabránit
forhindre
verhinderen, voorkomen
malebligi, malhelpi, preventi
ennetama
ehkäistä, estää
empêcher
impedir
etwas daran hindern (zu geschehen), verhindern, vorbeugen
anpeche
megakadályoz, megelőz, meggátol
mencegah
essyttää, estää
coisc, urghair
impedire, prevenire
arceō
mencegah
whakahōtaetae, whakakati
merren
forebygge
zapobiec, zapobiegać
impedir, prevenir
preveni, preîntâmpina
меша́ть, помеша́ть, предотврати́ть, предотвраща́ть
mešátʹ, pomešátʹ, predotvratítʹ, predotvraščátʹ
sprečávati, spréčiti, спре́чити, спреча́вати
impedir, prevenir
förebygga, förhindra
iwasan
ngăn, ngăn chặn
atal, rhwystro
me-am bak
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.