favorire

Italian

Etymology

From favore + -ire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.voˈri.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: fa‧vo‧rì‧re

Verb

favorìre (first-person singular present favorìsco, first-person singular past historic favorìi, past participle favorìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to favour/favor, to help, to aid, to support
    Synonyms: aiutare, appoggiare, privilegiare, sostenere
  2. (transitive) to foster, to encourage, to promote, to favour/favor
    Synonyms: incoraggiare, promuovere
  3. (transitive, formal) to give, to pass
    Synonyms: dare, consegnare
  4. (usually intransitive, formal) please (usually in the third-person imperative, often with implied verb "go")
    favorisca alla tavolaplease [go] to the table
    favorisca i documenti!please [give me] the documents! (spoken e.g. by a policeman)

Usage notes

  • The intransitive usage would presumably take avere as an auxiliary, but in practice never appears in compound tenses.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • favorire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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