preferire
See also: preferiré
Italian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin praeferre, with a change in conjugation.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editpreferìre (first-person singular present preferìsco, first-person singular past historic preferìi, past participle preferìto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to prefer
- Preferisci arance o mele? ― Do you prefer oranges or apples?
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of preferìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- preferire in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- preferire in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- preferire in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- preferire in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- preferìre in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- preferire in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- preferire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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