favor
To look upon fondly; to preferTo look upon fondly; to prefer.
» Would you do me a favor?
Könnten Sie mir bitte einen Gefallen tun? — MUIRIEL
Можно вас кое о чём попросить? — nami
Не окажете ли вы мне услугу? — nami
Чи не зробите мені послугу? — iceman
Ти не міг би зробити мені одну послугу? — deniko
Ви не могли би зробити мені одну послугу? — deniko
Зробиш мені послугу? — deniko
Зробите мені послугу? — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
6 sensesTo look upon fondly; to prefer.
begünstigen
благоволи́тьblagovolítʹ
bestow a privilege upon
To use more often.
To encourage, conduce to
To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward.
Would you favor us with a poetry reading?
To resemble; especially, to look like (another person).
To treat or use (something) gently
I always try to favor my bad knee.
treat gently or carefully
Examples
640 sentencesWould you do me a favor?
Чи не зробите мені послугу? — iceman
ruМожно вас кое о чём попросить? — nami
deKönnten Sie mir bitte einen Gefallen tun? — MUIRIEL
Will you do me a favor?
Чи не зробите мені послугу? — iceman
ruОкажешь мне услугу? — marafon
deTust du mir einen Gefallen? — samueldora
Could you do me a favor?
Ти не міг би зробити мені одну послугу? — deniko
ruНе могли бы Вы оказать мне услугу? — marafon
deKönntest du mir bitte einen Gefallen tun? — MUIRIEL
The statistics are in our favor.
Статистика на нашу користь. — deniko
ruСтатистика говорит в нашу пользу. — al_ex_an_der
I asked Tom for a favor.
Я попросив Тома про послугу. — deniko
ruЯ попросил Тома об услуге. — marafon
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English favour, favor, faver, from Anglo-Norman favour, from mainland Old FrenFrom Middle English favour, favor, faver, from Anglo-Norman favour, from mainland Old French favor, from Latin favor (“good will; kindness; partiality”), from faveō (“to be kind to”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂weh₁yeti (“to be favourable to”), from the root Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine, glow light”). Respelled in American English to more closely match its Latin etymon. Compare also Danish favør (“favor”), Irish fabhar (“favor”), from the same Romance source.
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Forms
favors, favoring, favored, favoredSynonyms
9 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- in favor of
- a big favor
- a favor and
- big favor
- ask a favor
- for a favor
- are in favor
- favor to ask
- a favor of
- needed a favor
- favor of the
- return the favor
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.