prevalecer

v.

1 to prevail.

2 to prevail on.

Nos prevalece la fe Faith prevails on us.

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prevalecer

Conjugation model [AGRADECER], like {{link=agradecer}}agradecer

► verbo intransitivo

1 to prevail

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verb

to prevail

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VI

1) (=imponerse) to prevail (sobre against, over)

2) (=triunfar) to triumph, win through

3) (Bot) (=arraigar) to take root and grow; (=prosperar) to thrive

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verbo intransitivo to prevail

prevalecer SOBRE algo — to prevail over something

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= prevail, take + root (in), hold + sway (over), overrule, win out.

Ex. The emphasis on title entry came from the specialized libraries, primarily the technical libraries, that were small but had the money and the power behind them to see that their view prevails.

Ex. If this provision takes root in libraries, the open learning industry will be presented with a new market.

Ex. This ideology appealed widely to the librarian as well as the library user and held sway for nearly a quarter of a millennium when, in 1841, a catalytic event in the history of cataloging took place.

Ex. President Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in summer 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China.

Ex. It remains to be seen which approach will win out, in the current tug-of-war.

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verbo intransitivo to prevail

prevalecer SOBRE algo — to prevail over something

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= prevail, take + root (in), hold + sway (over), overrule, win out.

Ex: The emphasis on title entry came from the specialized libraries, primarily the technical libraries, that were small but had the money and the power behind them to see that their view prevails.

Ex: If this provision takes root in libraries, the open learning industry will be presented with a new market.

Ex: This ideology appealed widely to the librarian as well as the library user and held sway for nearly a quarter of a millennium when, in 1841, a catalytic event in the history of cataloging took place.

Ex: President Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in summer 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China.

Ex: It remains to be seen which approach will win out, in the current tug-of-war.

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prevalecer [E3 ]

vi

to prevail

prevaleció la voluntad de la mayoría the wishes of the majority carried the day o prevailed

prevalecer SOBRE algo to prevail OVER sth

su criterio prevaleció sobre el de sus colegas his view prevailed over that of his colleagues

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prevalecer (conjugate prevalecer) verbo intransitivo
to prevail
prevalecer verbo intransitivo to prevail: sus intereses prevalecen sobre los míos, her interests prevail over mine
'prevalecer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
imponerse
- triunfar
English:
prevail
- sway

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prevalecer vi

to prevail (sobre over);

al final prevaleció la cordura common sense prevailed in the end

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prevalecer

v/i prevail (sobre over)

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prevalecer {53} vi

: to prevail, to triumph