preferido

adj.

preferred, favorite, chosen, fancied.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: preferir.

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preferido

► participio pasado

1→ {{link=preferir}}preferir

► adjetivo

1 favourite (US favorite)

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(f. - preferida)

noun adj.

favorite

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preferido, -a

1.

ADJ favourite, favorite (EEUU)

es mi cantante preferido — he's my favourite singer

2.

SM / F favourite, favorite (EEUU)

yo era la preferida de mi madre — I was my mother's favourite

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-da adjetivo/masculino, femenino favorite*

el preferido de la maestra — the teacher's favorite o (colloq) pet

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= desirable, preferred, Nombre + of choice, top-rated, top-ranked, best-loved.

Ex. It is desirable that they be treated as parts of a single serials record, since this will provide a 'one-stop' file containing all the relevant data, and will produce a file with a number of funtions.

Ex. The determination of authentic or preferred name should be based upon the literature of the people themselves (not upon outside sources or experts) and upon organizational self-identification.

Ex. In the future this may become the method of choice.

Ex. They have analyzed user ratings and professional testing to find top-rated shampoo brands.

Ex. In contrast, Brauen modified all of the terms but only in the top-ranked relevant documents.

Ex. Sleeping Beauty is one of the best-loved ballets in the world.

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* dicho preferido = catchphrase.

* expresión preferida = catchphrase.

* frase preferida = catchphrase.

* materia preferida = pet subject.

* orden preferido = preferred order.

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-da adjetivo/masculino, femenino favorite*

el preferido de la maestra — the teacher's favorite o (colloq) pet

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= desirable, preferred, Nombre + of choice, top-rated, top-ranked, best-loved.

Ex: It is desirable that they be treated as parts of a single serials record, since this will provide a 'one-stop' file containing all the relevant data, and will produce a file with a number of funtions.

Ex: The determination of authentic or preferred name should be based upon the literature of the people themselves (not upon outside sources or experts) and upon organizational self-identification.

Ex: In the future this may become the method of choice.

Ex: They have analyzed user ratings and professional testing to find top-rated shampoo brands.

Ex: In contrast, Brauen modified all of the terms but only in the top-ranked relevant documents.

Ex: Sleeping Beauty is one of the best-loved ballets in the world.

* dicho preferido = catchphrase.

* expresión preferida = catchphrase.

* frase preferida = catchphrase.

* materia preferida = pet subject.

* orden preferido = preferred order.

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preferido¹ -da

adjective

favorite*

preferido² -da

masculine, feminine

favorite*

es el preferido de la maestra he's the teacher's favorite o (colloq) pet

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Del verbo preferir: (conjugate preferir)

preferido es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
preferido    
preferir
preferido

◊ -da adjetivo/ sustantivo masculino, femenino

favorite^{(conjugate favorite)}
preferir (conjugate preferir) verbo transitivo
to prefer;
prefiero esperar aquí I'd rather wait here, I'd prefer to wait here;
preferido algo A algo to prefer sth to sth;
prefiero que te quedes I'd rather you stayed, I prefer you to stay
preferido,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino favourite, US favorite
preferir verbo transitivo to prefer: prefiero quedarme en casa, I'd rather stay at home
To prefer aparece en distintas construcciones. Puede llevar un sustantivo (I prefer coffee), un infinitivo con to (I prefer to swim) o un gerundio (I prefer swimming). Cuando comparas dos cosas, puede llevar un sustantivo más to más otro sustantivo (I prefer coffee to tea), un gerundio más to más otro gerundio (I prefer swimming to running) o un infinitivo con to más rather than más otro infinitivo sin to o un gerundio: I prefer to swim rather than run o I prefer to swim rather than running.
Las estructuras con infinitivo expresan preferencias específicas y muchas veces se introducen con would: I would prefer to... Si existe complemento directo, entonces sólo se puede emplear el infinitivo con to: I would prefer you to... Preferiría que tú...
También puedes emplear would rather (would para todas las personas) más el infinitivo sin to: I would rather go home. Preferiría irme a casa. Si existe complemento directo, el verbo aparece en pasado simple: I would rather you went home. Preferiría que te fueras a casa.

'preferido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
enchufada
- enchufado
- preferida
- lectura
English:
pet
- favorite

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preferido, -a

♦ adj

favourite

♦ nm,f

favourite;

es el preferido de su madre he's his mother's favourite

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preferido

I part → preferir

II adj favorite, Br

favourite

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preferido, -da adj & n

: favorite

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preferido adj n favourite

¿cuál es tu color preferido? what's your favourite colour?