preferir
Spanish, verb/pɾefeˈɾiɾ/
preferir is spelled P-R-E-F-E-R-I-R (8 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,890th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Preferir is a Spanish verb meaning “to prefer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Escoger entre varias alternativas según el gusto o la conveniencia”.
What does preferir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to prefer
- 2
to rather (be or do)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Escoger entre varias alternativas según el gusto o la conveniencia. 2. Considerar una opción más conveniente que otra
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of preferir
- prefiero first-person present singular
- preferí first-person preterite singular
- preferido participle past
- e-ie-i alternation
- prefiriendo gerund
- preferida feminine participle past
- preferidos masculine participle past
- preferidas feminine participle past
- prefieres indicative informal present
- preferís indicative informal present
- prefiere indicative present singular
- preferimos first-person indicative plural
- prefieren indicative plural present
- prefería first-person imperfect indicative
- preferías imperfect indicative second-person
- preferíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- preferíais imperfect indicative plural
- preferían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce preferir?
- /pɾefeˈɾiɾ/
- [pɾe.feˈɾiɾ]
- [pɾefeˈɾiɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to preferir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is preferir in Spanish?
preferir appears 2.8 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).