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Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary © 2006 Oxford University Press:

prevent /prɪˡvent/ transitive verb impedire;
~ somebody [from] doing something impedire a qualcuno di fare qualcosa

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'prevent' found in these entries:

English:

dyke - keep - pre-empt - stop - sunscreen

Italian:

impedire - prevenire

prevent: WordReference English-Italian Dictionary © 2009

Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali
prevent	vtr	(stop)	impedire vtr ⇒
The police officer prevented the cars from passing.
L'agente di polizia ha impedito alle auto di passare.
Additional Translations
prevent	vtr	(medicine)	prevenire vtr ⇒
These diseases can be prevented.
Queste malattie si possono prevenire.
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Compound Forms/Forme composte
prevent sb from			impedire a qualcuno di vtr
prevent sb from -ing		prevenire	impedire a qc di + verbo vtr
prevent sth			impedire qualcosa vtr
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prevent sth: WordReference English-Italian Dictionary © 2009

prevent sth			impedire qualcosa vtr
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I'm trying to prevent my Italian from getting rusty
It was not enough to prevent further substantial losses
prevent loss of sequence
There are rules to prevent anybody from doing so
to prevent
to prevent their land from being logged
to prevent you from waiting too long

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