- premunire
- premunire v.tr.1 to fortify (beforehand); to forearm: la fortezza era stata premunita contro gli attacchi, the fortress had been fortified in advance against attacks2 (fig.) (cautelare) to protect, to forewarn, to preserve: bisogna premunire gli anziani contro l'influenza, we must protect the old against influenza.◘ premunirsi v.rifl. to secure oneself, to protect oneself: premunire contro il freddo, to protect oneself against the cold; dobbiamo premunirci in caso manchi l'acqua, we must take precautions in case the water goes off; premunire di una rivoltella, to arm oneself with a revolver.* * *[premu'nire]1. vt
premunire (contro) — (nemico, influenza) to protect (against)
premunire qn contro i rischi della droga — to make sb aware of the dangers of drugs
2. vr (premunirsi)premunirsi (di o con) — to arm o.s. (with)
premunirsi (contro) — to protect o.s. (from), guard o.s. (against)
* * *[premu'nire] 1.verbo transitivo (proteggere) to protect, to guard2.verbo pronominale premunirsi to protect oneself-rsi contro un pericolo — to take protective measures against a danger
* * *premunire/premu'nire/ [102]I verbo transitivo(proteggere) to protect, to guardII premunirsi verbo pronominaleto protect oneself; -rsi contro un pericolo to take protective measures against a danger.
Dizionario Italiano-Inglese. 2013.