/pɾefeˈɾiβle/
Translation
preferable
Word origin
From preferir ('to prefer', from Latin praeferre, 'to carry before') plus the adjectival suffix -ible.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- praeferre
- English cognates
- prefer, preferable, transfer
Grammar
Examples
antelación.
It is preferable to book the table in advance.
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It would be preferable for you to arrive before eight.
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In summer it is preferable to travel in the morning, before the heat.
Es preferible que... pulls the subjunctive, the same way es mejor que or es necesario que do: "sería preferible que llegaras" (not "llegas"). Followed by a plain infinitive instead - "es preferible llegar antes" - no subordinate clause forms and no subjunctive is needed.
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