preferencial
Portuguese
Etymology
From preferência + -al.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾe.fe.ɾẽ.siˈaw/ [pɾe.fe.ɾẽ.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /pɾe.fe.ɾẽˈsjaw/ [pɾe.fe.ɾẽˈsjaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɨ.fɨ.ɾẽˈsjal/ [pɾɨ.fɨ.ɾẽˈsjaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɨ.fɨ.ɾẽˈsja.li/
- Hyphenation: pre‧fe‧ren‧ci‧al
Adjective
preferencial m or f (plural preferenciais)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “preferencial”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “preferencial”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From preferencia + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾefeɾenˈθjal/ [pɾe.fe.ɾẽn̟ˈθjal] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /pɾefeɾenˈsjal/ [pɾe.fe.ɾẽnˈsjal] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: pre‧fe‧ren‧cial
Adjective
preferencial m or f (masculine and feminine plural preferenciales)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “preferencial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024