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prevail [Am prəˈveɪl, Brit prɪˈveɪl] VB intr

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1. prevail (triumph):

prevail justice/common sense:

prevail justice/common sense:

prevail enemy:

to prevail over/against sb/sth

prevalecer sobre alguien/algo

prevail on VB [Am prəˈveɪl -, Brit prɪˈveɪl -], prevail upon VB (v + prep + o) form

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let's hope that wiser counsels may prevail

esperemos que impere el buen sentido

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to prevail

to prevail

to prevail

prevalecer sobre algo

to prevail over sth

una sociedad donde predominan la injusticia y la miseria

a society where injustice and poverty prevail

reinar temperatura/tiempo:

to prevail

to prevail

to prevail

dominar opinión:

to prevail

Translations for prevail in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

prevail [prɪˈveɪl] VB intr

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1. prevail (triumph):

prevail

to prevail over/against sth

prevalecer sobre/contra algo

to prevail over/against sb

triunfar sobre/contra alguien

2. prevail (predominate):

prevail

prevail conditions, situation

Phrases:

to prevail (up)on sb (to do sth) form

convencer a alguien (para que haga algo)

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preponderar

to prevail

to prevail

imperar fig

to prevail

to prevail

imponerse a algo

to prevail over sth

to prevail over/against sth

prevalecer sobre/contra algo

to prevail over/against sb

triunfar sobre/contra alguien

to prevail (up)on sb (to do sth) form

convencer a alguien (para que haga algo)

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Teachers humiliated students for using their regional languages, and such practices prevailed until the late 1960s. en.wikipedia.org

Furthermore, a sense of inevitability prevails throughout the text. en.wikipedia.org

The state prevailed, and the evidence was destroyed. en.wikipedia.org

The practice became widespread in the mid sixteenth century, and prevailed until the arrival of industrial printing techniques late in the eighteenth century. en.wikipedia.org

It will be interesting to see who prevails. en.wikipedia.org

The ecclesiastic system of copyhold, whereby land was leased to tenants for terms as short as seven years, prevailed throughout the manor. en.wikipedia.org

Nonetheless, when the authority prevails against a private claimant, it must bear all its costs, unless the private party has made a frivolous claim. en.wikipedia.org

However, both men faced sufficient opposition for neither to be likely to prevail. en.wikipedia.org

A shy trail goes up along the left wall of the gorges that barely prevails in holding together the impetuous waters. en.wikipedia.org

A fight which he feels would not have been necessary had human spirit prevailed over ego. en.wikipedia.org

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