{"id":16536,"date":"2023-08-03T11:38:52","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T09:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/?p=16536"},"modified":"2023-08-03T11:42:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T09:42:11","slug":"do-you-say-preferito-or-favorito","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/en\/italian-grammar\/how-do-you-spell-that\/do-you-say-preferito-or-favorito\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you say preferito or favorito?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">In Italian, when we want to express our preference, we use the <em>qualifying adjective <\/em><strong>preferito<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The adjective &#8220;preferito&#8221; indicates a person, an animal or a thing that is considered better from our point of view.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Il mio libro <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">preferito<\/span> \u00e8 Harry Potter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>La mia citt\u00e0 italiana <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">preferita<\/span> \u00e8 Cagliari.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>I miei animali <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">preferiti<\/span> sono i gatti e i cani.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The adjective &#8220;preferito&#8221; can be declined in the masculine or feminine singular (preferito\/preferita) and in the masculine and feminine plural (preferiti\/preferite) in order to agree with the noun to which it refers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The use of the <em>qualifying adjective<\/em> <strong>favorito<\/strong> in these cases is not incorrect, in fact it has the same meaning as the adjective &#8220;preferito&#8221;. However, in colloquial Italian the use of the adjective &#8221;preferito&#8221; in these cases is more widespread.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The adjective &#8220;favorito&#8221; is often used instead to indicate a probable winner of a competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>La squadra <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">favorita<\/span> alla vittoria ha deluso le aspettative.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>L&#8217;atleta <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">favorito<\/span> per la gara \u00e8 stato squalificato.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Le due canzoni <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">favorite<\/span> al Festival di Sanremo si sono posizionate per ultime.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Even the adjective &#8220;favorito&#8221; can be declined in the masculine or feminine singular (favorito\/favorita) and in the masculine and feminine plural (favoriti\/favorite) and always agrees with the noun to which it refers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Do you say preferito or favorito?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-767\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"767\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Preferito o favorito: esercizio\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Italian, when we want to express our preference, we use the qualifying adjective preferito The adjective &#8220;preferito&#8221; indicates a person, an animal or a thing that is considered better from our point of view. 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