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University of Vigo

English-Galician CLUVI Dictionary, 2nd edition (revised version 2.2)

(Based on the CLUVI Corpus of the University of Vigo)



In English
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In Galician
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- preternaturally, pretext, prettily, prettiness, pretty, prevail, prevailing, prevalence, prevalent, prevent, prevention, preventive, previous, previously, prey, price, priceless, pricey, pricing


prevent


- transitive verb
- impedir

EN But although she may prevent us from becoming man and wife, and I may marry some one else, and marry often, nothing that she can possibly do can alter my eternal devotion to you.
GL Pero aínda que ela poida impedir que sexamos home e muller, e aínda que case con outro, ou moitas veces, nada do que ela poida facer vai altera-la miña tenra devoción por vostede.
- Fonte: ERN (672)
- evitar

EN But to prevent them from getting behind him, he was forced back, down past the pool and into the creek bed, till he brought up against a high gravel bank.
GL Para evitar que o atacasen por detrás, recuou para o leito seco dun regato e defendeuse desde o alto dunha cemba na beira da lagoa.
- Fonte: CHA (1658)