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  2. /Unfulfilled past obligations (hefði átt að, hefði getað)
  3. /fyrirbyggja

fyrirbyggja

fyrirbyggja
to prevent (proactively)
From Lesson 445:Unfulfilled past obligations (hefði átt að, hefði getað)·Icelandic

Usages of fyrirbyggja

Kennararnir hefðu ekki átt að vanmeta þetta klúður, þeir hefðu getað fyrirbyggt það.
The teachers should not have underestimated this mess, they could have prevented it.
Um leið og ég sá veðrið vissi ég að við hefðum ekki getað fyrirbyggt neitt tjón.
As soon as I saw the weather, I knew that we could not have prevented any damage.
Hefðir þú getað fyrirbyggt þetta slys?
Could you have prevented this accident?
Ef hann hefði sýnt fyrirhyggju, hefði hann getað fyrirbyggt slysið.
If he had shown foresight, he could have prevented the accident.

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