prediligere
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin praedīligere (“to esteem before others”), from prae- (“before”) + dis- (“apart; utterly”) + legere (“to choose”). By surface analysis, pre- + diligere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pre.diˈli.d͡ʒe.re/
- Rhymes: -idʒere
- Hyphenation: pre‧di‧lì‧ge‧re
Verb
predilìgere (first-person singular present predilìgo, first-person singular past historic predilèssi, past participle predilètto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to prefer, have predilection for
Conjugation
Related terms
- diligere (“to respect”)
- predilezione (“partiality, predilection, taste”)
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