noun United States galeta salada.

intransitive verb
1. [gain mastery] prevaler, imposar-se, implantar, avantatjar.
2. to prevail (against \ over) one's enemies imposar-se als enemics.
3. finally good sense prevailed a la fi va prevaler el bon sentit.
4. eventually peace prevail a la fi es va restablir la pau.


5. [be current] regnar, predominar, imperar, preponderar.
6. [be in fashion] ser moda, predominar, portar-se.
7. the conditions that now prevail les condicions que ara imperen.
8. calm prevails la calma predomina.


9. to prevail (up) on someone to do something [persuade] (persuadir \ convèncer) algú que faci alguna cosa, induir algú a fer quelcom.
10. he was prevailed upon by his friends to + infinitive es va deixar persuadir pels seus amics de + infinitiu.
11. he could not be prevailed upon era impossible persuadir-lo, no se'n va convèncer.

adjective
1. regnant, predominant, imperant.
2. usual, corrent, habitual.
3. the prevailing fashion la moda actual.
4. under prevailing conditions en les condicions imperants.
5. the prevailing wind el vent predominant.

noun
1. predomini, prevalença, freqüència.
2. ús corrent, costum, hàbit.

adjective
1. predominant, prevalent.
2. freqüent, corrent, comú, habitual.
3. [fashionable] de moda, en voga, actual.
4. [custom, etc.] estès, generalitzat.
5. [present-day] actual, d'ara.

intransitive verb tergiversar tr, falsejar tr, capgirar tr, contrafer tr.

noun
1. tergiversació, falsejament, capgirament.
2. evasiva.

transitive verb
1. [person] impedir, privar, destorbar.
2. [event, etc.] impedir, defugir, evitar, impossibilitar, destorbar.
3. [illness, etc.] evitar, prevenir, guardar-se de.
4. it was impossible to prevent it va ser impossible d'impedir-ho.
5. to prevent someone (from) + gerund privar algú de + infinitiu.



FALSOS AMICS!

My parents tried to prevent me from going to America but my decision was definite. Els meus pares volien impedir que me n’anés a Amèrica, però la meva decisió era irrevocable.

adjective evitable.

adjective see preventive.