Usage examples of "prévenir" in French with translation to English

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Je n'aurais pu prévenir cela. I couldn't have prevented this.
Je dois prévenir ma maman. I need to warn my mom.
Comment puis-je en prévenir l'occurrence ? How can I prevent this from happening?
Je dois prévenir ma mère. I need to warn my mom.
Nous devons prévenir la guerre à tout prix. We must prevent war at any cost.
Cette phrase n'a pas de possesseur. Vous pouvez l'adopter et la changer, pourvu qu'elle corresponde toujours aux autres traductions directes, auquel cas vous devriez prévenir les traducteurs de vos changements, en commentant leurs traductions. This sentence has no owner. You may adopt and change it, provided it will still match its direct translations, in which case you should warn the translators of your changes by commenting on their translations.
Comment puis-je prévenir que ça ne survienne ? How can I prevent this from happening?
Nous avons pris des mesures fortes pour prévenir cela. We took strong measures to prevent it.
Manger sainement peut aider à prévenir les maladies cardiaques. Eating healthfully can help prevent heart disease.
Des activistes tentent de prévenir les maladies dans les pays pauvres. Activists try to prevent disease in poor countries.
Des mesures drastiques doivent être prises afin de prévenir une plus grande propagation du virus. Drastic measures must be taken to prevent the further spread of the virus.
Je l'ai prévenu du danger. I warned him of the danger.
Il m'a prévenu que j'échouerais. He warned me that I would fail.
Il faut que je prévienne ma mère. I need to warn my mom.
Il faut que je prévienne ma maman. I need to warn my mom.
Mieux vaut prévenir que guérir. A stitch in time saves nine.
Il vaut mieux prévenir que guérir. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
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