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prevention meaning in Portuguese

EnglishPortuguese
prevention [preventions] (The act of preventing or hindering)
noun
[UK: prɪ.ˈven.ʃn̩]
[US: pri.ˈven.ʃn̩]

prevençãonoun
{f}

prevention is better than cure (It is better to prevent the creation of a problem than to have to deal with it afterwards.)
phrase
[UK: prɪ.ˈven.ʃn̩ ɪz ˈbe.tə(r) ðæn kjʊə(r)]
[US: pri.ˈven.ʃn̩ ˈɪz ˈbe.tər ˈðæn ˈkjʊr]

prevenir é melhor do que remediarphrase