preferir
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin praeferre, present active infinitive of praeferō, with a change of conjugation.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
preferir (first-person singular present prefereixo, past participle preferit)
- to prefer
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of preferir (third conjugation with -eix- infix)
infinitive | preferir | ||||||
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present participle | preferint | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | preferit | preferida | |||||
plural | preferits | preferides | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | prefereixo | prefereixes | prefereix | preferim | preferiu | prefereixen | |
imperfect | preferia | preferies | preferia | preferíem | preferíeu | preferien | |
future | preferiré | preferiràs | preferirà | preferirem | preferireu | preferiran | |
preterite | preferí | preferires | preferí | preferírem | preferíreu | preferiren | |
conditional | preferiria | preferiries | preferiria | preferiríem | preferiríeu | preferirien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | prefereixi | prefereixis | prefereixi | preferim | preferiu | prefereixin | |
imperfect | preferís | preferissis | preferís | preferíssim | preferíssiu | preferissin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
— | prefereix | prefereixi | preferim | preferiu | prefereixin |
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “preferir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “preferir” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “preferir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “preferir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin praeferre, present active infinitive of praeferō, with a change of conjugation.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɨ.fɨ.ˈɾiɾ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾe.fe.ˈɾi(ʁ)/, [pɾë.fë.ˈɾi(χ)]
- Hyphenation: pre‧fe‧rir
Verb[edit]
preferir (first-person singular present indicative prefiro, past participle preferido)
- (transitive) to prefer
- first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of preferir
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of preferir
- first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of preferir
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of preferir
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of the Portuguese -ir verb preferir
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “preferir” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “preferir” in Dicionário inFormal.
- preferir in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “preferir” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. [em linha]. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003-2021.
- “preferir” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “preferir” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin praeferre, present active infinitive of praeferō, with a change of conjugation. Cognate with English prefer.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
preferir (first-person singular present prefiero, first-person singular preterite preferí, past participle preferido)
Conjugation[edit]
- Rule: e becomes a ie in stressed syllables and i in certain conjugations.
- 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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- Spanish verbs with irregular gerunds
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- Spanish verbs with irregular future subjunctives
- Spanish verbs with irregular present indicatives
- Spanish verbs with irregular imperatives
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