English-Spanish translations for intervene

intervenirAsí pues, ¿por qué no intervenir directamente? So why not intervene straight away? Tenemos que intervenir en esta cuestión. We need to intervene in this matter. El Gobierno de Rumanía no puede intervenir en modo alguno. The Government of Romania cannot intervene in any way.

To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action
To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events
To occur or act as an obstacle or delay
To say in the middle of a conversation or discussion between other people, or to respond to a situation involving other people
To come between, or to be between, persons or things
In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter., ''Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence,'Boston: Little, Brown, 1879, Volume1, p.641,^{[https://archive.org/details/cu31924022836583]}

The police had to be called to intervene in the fight
An instant intervened between the flash and the report
I hadnt seen him since we were in school, and the intervening years had not been kind to him
Nothing intervened to prevent the undertaking
The Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa
an application for leave (i.e. permission) to intervene

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