preferivelmente
Portuguese, adverb/pɾe.feˌɾi.vewˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
preferivelmente is spelled P-R-E-F-E-R-I-V-E-L-M-E-N-T-E (15 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 87,166th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Preferivelmente is a Portuguese adverb meaning “preferably (in preference)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “de preferência”.
What does preferivelmente mean in English?
adverb
- 1
preferably (in preference)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. de preferência
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.
How do you pronounce preferivelmente?
- Brazil /pɾe.feˌɾi.vewˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [pɾe.feˌɾi.veʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
- Portugal /pɾɨ.fɨˌɾi.vɛlˈmẽ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to preferivelmente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is preferivelmente in Portuguese?
preferivelmente appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).