Spanish Word for prevent  

English Word: prevent

Spanish Word: impedir, evitar
The Spanish Word for prevent
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The sealants will prevent cavities.
Los sellantes van a prevenir las caries.
The doctor has told me to take vitamines to prevent colds.
El médico me ha dicho que debo tomar vitaminas para prevenir los catarros.
We will prevent theft of any valuable items.
Nosotros prevendremos el robo de cualquier artículo valioso.
The fillings will prevent cavities.
Los sellantes van a prevenir las caries.
Is the use of condoms a good way to prevent diseases?
¿Es el uso del condón una buena manera de prevenir enfermedades?
The immunosuppression medications try to prevent rejection.
Los medicamentos inmunosupresores tratan de combatir el rechazo.

How are we to prevent this?
¿Cómo podemos evitar que esto suceda?
And I cannot prevent that.
Algo que yo no puedo impedir.
It is our responsibility to prevent it.
Es responsabilidad nuestra evitar esto.
What can we do to prevent them?
¿Qué podemos hacer para impedirlos?
They aim to prevent this.
Pretenden evitar esto.
There is nothing to prevent this.
No hay nada que lo impida.
We should prevent this from happening.
Deberíamos impedir que esto ocurra.
How do we prevent immobility?
¿Cómo evitamos la inmovilidad?
This is what we want to prevent.
Eso es lo que queremos evitar.
Is it your responsibility to prevent this?
¿Es su responsabilidad evitarlo?
What instruments do we have to prevent this?
¿Con qué instrumentos podemos afrontar esta contingencia?
We need to prevent it.
Todo esto es apasionante.
And it is essential that we should prevent that.
Es preciso evitarlo.
What can prevent them from doing so?
¿Cómo no?
I cannot prevent people buying if you do not know how to prevent people selling.
No puedo impedir que la gente compre si no sabemos cómo impedir que la gente venda.
This is why it is important to prevent waste materials.
Por eso es importante prevenir la formación de residuos.
It should prevent society from splintering.
Debe impedir que se escinda la sociedad.
We want instruments to prevent abuse.
Queremos disponer de instrumentos que permitan evitar los abusos.
The aim of both is to prevent discharges into the sea.
Ambas tienen por objeto evitar los vertidos en el mar.
What action are we taking to prevent this?
¿Y qué hacemos para evitar esto?
We must prevent a rural exodus.
Hay que evitar el éxodo rural.
We have to prevent criminal responsibilities from being blurred.
Hay que evitar que haya difuminación de las responsabilidades penales.
We need to ask ourselves how we can prevent this.
¿Cómo podemos evitar esto?
We must not monitor and prevent it.
No tenemos que vigilar para evitarlo.
Were they able to prevent Seveso?
¿Fueron capaces de impedir Seveso?
to prevent risks of exclusion;
prevenir los riesgos de la exclusión;
Banning the typewriter was intended to prevent this.
Esto se quiso impedir prohibiendo las máquinas de escribir.
What we need to do now is prevent a recession.
Lo que hoy debemos hacer es evitar la recesión.
This is the only way we can prevent further disasters.
Sólo así será posible evitar nuevas catástrofes.
Now we have been able to prevent most of these cuts.
Ahora hemos podido anular estos recortes en su mayoría.
We must prevent this happening at all costs.
Debemos asegurarnos que eso no ocurra.
We want to prevent social exclusion.
Queremos impedir la exclusión social.
It is not too late to prevent this war.
No es demasiado tarde para evitar esta guerra.
What steps can be taken to prevent it?
¿Qué acciones cabe emprender para evitarlas?
It does not prevent posts being externally advertised.
No impide que los puestos se anuncien de externamente.
We must prevent any increase in differences.
Que las diferencias no aumenten.
This we must prevent. This we cannot accept.
Esto debemos evitarlo; no podemos aceptarlo.
As a Commission, we did everything in our power to prevent it.
Lo podíamos haber evitado.
It should have the right to do so, and governments should not prevent it from doing so.
Debería tener el derecho a hacerlo y los Gobiernos no deben impedírselo.
He has also shown that he is trying to prevent that.
También ha demostrado que intenta impedirlo.
How does the Commissioner intend to prevent this?
¿Cómo pretende evitar esto la Comisión?
You have done everything to prevent such a crisis.
Ha hecho usted todo lo posible por evitar tal crisis.
Consequently, this did not prevent me from voting in favour.
Así pues, he votado a favor.
We must prevent the consumer from being misled.
Tenemos que impedir que se engañe al consumidor.
How are we going to prevent the relocation of companies?
¿Qué vamos a hacer para que no haya deslocalización de empresas?
Money is not enough to prevent this from happening.
El dinero no basta para impedirlo.
The measure proposed would not prevent terrorism.
La medida propuesta no serviría para prevenir el terrorismo.
This will prevent any recurrence of such regimes.
Ello servirá de prevención para que no se repitan dichos regímenes.
Of course, we do not want to prevent all flooding.
Lógicamente, no pretendemos evitar todas las inundaciones.
This is essential to prevent a race to the bottom.
Esto es esencial para impedir una competición a la baja.
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