# preferir
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praeferre, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pɾə.fəˈɾi]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pɾe.feˈɾiɾ]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

preferir (first-person singular present prefereixo, first-person singular preterite preferí, past participle preferit)
* 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, 2025
* “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.

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin praeferre, with a change of conjugation.

### Verb

preferir (first-person singular present prefiro, third-person singular present prefire, first-person singular preterite preferín, past participle preferido) preferir (first-person singular present prefiro, third-person singular present prefere, first-person singular preterite preferim or preferi, past participle preferido, reintegrationist norm)
* (transitive) to prefer

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* preferencia
* preferíbel

### Further reading

* “preferir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “preferir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praeferre, with a change of conjugation.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾe.feˈɾi(ʁ)/ [pɾe.feˈɾi(h)], /pɾe.fiˈɾi(ʁ)/ [pɾe.fiˈɾi(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾe.feˈɾi(ʁ)/ [pɾe.feˈɾi(h)], /pɾe.fiˈɾi(ʁ)/ [pɾe.fiˈɾi(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pɾe.feˈɾi(ɾ)/, /pɾe.fiˈɾi(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pɾe.feˈɾi(ʁ)/ [pɾe.feˈɾi(χ)], /pɾe.fiˈɾi(ʁ)/ [pɾe.fiˈɾi(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pɾe.feˈɾi(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾɨ.fɨˈɾiɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾɨ.fɨˈɾiɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɾɨ.fɨˈɾi.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: pre‧fe‧rir

### Verb

preferir (first-person singular present prefiro, third-person singular present prefere, first-person singular preterite preferi, past participle preferido)
* (transitive) to prefer

#### Related terms

* preferência
* preferível

### Further reading

* “preferir”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “preferir”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “preferir” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “preferir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “preferir”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “preferir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praeferre, with a change of conjugation. Cognate with English prefer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾefeˈɾiɾ/ [pɾe.feˈɾiɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: pre‧fe‧rir

### Verb

preferir (first-person singular present prefiero, first-person singular preterite preferí, past participle preferido)
* to prefer
* to rather (be or do)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* preferencia
* preferente
* preferible

### Further reading

* “preferir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10