preferir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praeferre, present active infinitive of praeferō, with a change of conjugation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pɾə.fəˈɾi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.feˈɾiɾ]

Verb

preferir (first-person singular present prefereixo, first-person singular preterite preferí, past participle preferit)

1. to prefer

Related terms

• preferència
• preferent

Further reading

• “preferir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “preferir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praeferre, present active infinitive of praeferō, with a change of conjugation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾe.fe.ˈɾi(ʁ)/

Verb

1. (transitive) to prefer

Related terms

• preferência
• preferível

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praeferre, present active infinitive of praeferō, with a change of conjugation. Cognate with English prefer.

Verb

1. to prefer
2. to rather (be or do)

Related terms

• preferencia
• preferible
• preferente