{"id":2284,"date":"2026-03-06T13:26:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesidiomas.com.br\/blog\/?p=2284"},"modified":"2026-03-06T13:26:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:26:54","slug":"would-rather-ou-prefer-como-expressar-preferencia-em-ingles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesidiomas.com.br\/blog\/would-rather-ou-prefer-como-expressar-preferencia-em-ingles\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWould rather\u201d ou \u201cPrefer\u201d: como expressar prefer\u00eancia em ingl\u00eas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expressar prefer\u00eancias \u00e9 algo que fazemos o tempo todo, seja na hora de escolher um filme, decidir o que comer ou at\u00e9 falar sobre planos para o futuro. Mas e como expressar prefer\u00eancia em ingl\u00eas, voc\u00ea sabe? Vem com a gente que n\u00f3s vamos te explicar como funciona o uso de <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">would rather<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> e<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> prefer<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, duas formas parecidas, mas com pequenas diferen\u00e7as, de falar \u201cpreferir\u201d em ingl\u00eas!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Qual a diferen\u00e7a entre \u201cwould rather\u201d e \u201cprefer\u201d?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Essa \u00e9 uma das d\u00favidas mais comuns entre estudantes de ingl\u00eas. Embora os dois tenham o mesmo significado \u2013 \u201cpreferir\u201d \u2013 a principal diferen\u00e7a entre <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">would rather <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prefer <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">est\u00e1 no <\/span><b>contexto<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> em que voc\u00ea est\u00e1 expressando essa prefer\u00eancia.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Quando usar o verbo \u201cprefer\u201d?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O verbo<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> prefer <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">serve para falar de gostos e prefer\u00eancias<\/span><b> de forma mais geral ou habitual<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, n\u00e3o necessariamente ligados a uma situa\u00e7\u00e3o espec\u00edfica.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Existem quatro estruturas b\u00e1sicas que voc\u00ea pode utilizar com ele:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Prefer + substantivo<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Prefer + verbo no infinitivo (<\/b><b><i>com<\/i><\/b><b> \u201cto\u201d)<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Prefer + verbo com -ing<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Prefer A to B<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Exemplos:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I prefer coffee.<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Eu prefiro caf\u00e9.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She prefers to study at night.<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Ela prefere estudar \u00e0 noite.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He prefers going to the gym in the morning.<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Ele prefere se exercitar de manh\u00e3.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They prefer tea to coffee.<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Eles preferem ch\u00e1 a caf\u00e9.)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Quando usar a express\u00e3o \u201cwould rather\u201d?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">J\u00e1 a express\u00e3o <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">would rather<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00e9 usada para falar de uma <\/span><b>prefer\u00eancia espec\u00edfica<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, geralmente relacionada ao <\/span><b>momento presente ou a uma situa\u00e7\u00e3o concreta<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Para isso, voc\u00ea pode usar:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Would rather + verbo no infinitivo (<\/b><b><i>sem<\/i><\/b><b> \u201cto\u201d)<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Would rather A than B<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Exemplos:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019d rather stay home today.<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Prefiro ficar em casa hoje.)<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She\u2019d rather watch a movie than go out.<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Ela prefere assistir a um filme a sair.)<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you rather eat now or later?<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Voc\u00ea prefere comer agora ou mais tarde?)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Comparando \u201cwould rather\u201d e \u201cprefer\u201d na pr\u00e1tica<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I prefer working from home.<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Prefer\u00eancia geral.)<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019d rather work from home today.<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Prefer\u00eancia para hoje.)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Percebe a diferen\u00e7a? O significado \u00e9 parecido, mas o contexto muda completamente.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tanto <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">would rather<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> quanto <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prefer<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> s\u00e3o usados pra expressar prefer\u00eancia em ingl\u00eas, mas cada um tem seu lugar certo. E agora que voc\u00ea j\u00e1 sabe qual \u00e9, n\u00e3o deixe de praticar e melhorar ainda mais a sua flu\u00eancia no ingl\u00eas!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesidiomas.com.br\/aprender-ingles-aulas\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2022\" src=\"https:\/\/timesidiomas.com.br\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cta-clique-blog-cadastro.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"335\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Siga a gente no\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/timesidiomas\/\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0para mais conte\u00fados e dicas de ingl\u00eas!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expressar prefer\u00eancias \u00e9 algo que fazemos o tempo todo, seja na hora de escolher um filme, decidir o que comer ou at\u00e9 falar sobre planos para<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2285,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[110],"tags":[11,532,22,533],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesidiomas.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesidiomas.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesidiomas.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesidiomas.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesidiomas.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2284"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesidiomas.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2286,"href":"https:\/\/timesidiomas.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284\/revisions\/2286"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesidiomas.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesidiomas.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesidiomas.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesidiomas.com.br\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}