preferir

/pɾefeˈɾiɾ/

verb #1463 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

to prefer

Grammar

Conjugation

Regular spanish-irregular conjugation. Pronouns: yo, tú, él/ella/ud., nos., vos., ellos/uds..

Indicative

Person PresentPreteriteImperfectFutureConditional
yoprefieropreferípreferíapreferirépreferiría
prefierespreferistepreferíaspreferiráspreferirías
él/ella/ud.prefiereprefiriópreferíapreferirápreferiría
nos.preferimospreferimospreferíamospreferiremospreferiríamos
vos.preferíspreferisteispreferíaispreferiréispreferiríais
ellos/uds.prefierenprefirieronpreferíanpreferiránpreferirían

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect (-ra)Imperfect (-se)
yoprefieraprefirieraprefiriese
prefierasprefirierasprefirieses
él/ella/ud.prefieraprefirieraprefiriese
nos.prefiramosprefiriéramosprefiriésemos
vos.prefiráisprefirieraisprefirieseis
ellos/uds.prefieranprefirieranprefiriesen

Imperative

Person Affirmative
prefiere
ud.prefiera
nosotrosprefiramos
vosotrospreferid
uds.prefieran

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
prefiriendo
Past participle
preferido

Examples

.

I prefer tea to coffee.

quedarme .

I would prefer to stay at home tonight.

¿ , montana ?

What do you prefer, mountain or beach?

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