preferir
Portuguese, verb/pɾe.feˈɾi(ʁ)/
preferir is spelled P-R-E-F-E-R-I-R (8 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,491st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Preferir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to prefer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar preferência, primazia a; determinar-se por, ou em favor de”.
What does preferir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to prefer
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar preferência, primazia a; determinar-se por, ou em favor de 2. gostar mais de 3. escolher
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of preferir
- prefiro first-person present singular
- prefere present singular third-person
- preferi first-person preterite singular
- preferido participle past
- i-e alternation
- preferires infinitive second-person singular
- preferirmos first-person infinitive plural
- preferirdes infinitive plural second-person
- preferirem infinitive plural third-person
- preferindo gerund
- preferidos masculine participle past
- preferida feminine participle past
- preferidas feminine participle past
- preferes indicative present second-person
- preferimos first-person indicative plural
- preferis indicative plural present
- preferem indicative plural present
- preferia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce preferir?
- Brazil /pɾe.feˈɾi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pɾe.feˈɾi(h)]
- Brazil /pɾe.fiˈɾi(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
preferir appears 6.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).