prevé

Prevê is a verb form in Portuguese. It is the third-person singular present indicative of prever, the verb meaning to foresee, anticipate, or predict. In use, prevê corresponds to "he foresees," and in many dialects also functions as "you foresee" when used with the formal second-person pronoun (você prevê).

Etymology and form: prever comes from Latin praevidere, formed from prae- “before” and videre “to see.” The form prevê carries a circumflex on the final e, signaling the stressed syllable in standard Portuguese pronunciation for this tense. Like other present indicative forms of prever, prevê is used to express current expectation or forecast about future events.

Usage: Prevê appears in contexts ranging from weather and economics to everyday forecasts. Examples include: "O relatório prevê crescimento econômico" (The report foresees economic growth) and "Ele prevê chuva amanhã" (He foresees rain tomorrow). The construction typically uses prevê with a direct object or a clause introduced by que, as in "Ela prevê que tudo ficará bem" (She foresees that everything will be fine).

Conjugation notes: Prevê is part of a larger, irregular verb paradigm. The present indicative forms include eu prevejo, tu prevês (or tu prevêes in some varieties), ele/ela prevê, nós prevemos, vós prevedes, eles/elas prevêem. Variations exist between Brazilian and European Portuguese in some forms, particularly the second-person singular and plural.

See also: prever, previsão, previsão do tempo.