favorire
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]favorìre (first-person singular present favorìsco, first-person singular past historic favorìi, past participle favorìto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to favour/favor, to help, to aid, to support
- Synonyms: aiutare, appoggiare, privilegiare, sostenere
- (transitive) to foster, to encourage, to promote, to favour/favor
- Synonyms: incoraggiare, promuovere
- (transitive, formal) to give, to pass
- Synonyms: dare, consegnare
- (usually intransitive, formal) please (usually in the third-person imperative, often with implied verb "go")
- favorisca alla tavola ― please [go] to the table
- favorisca i documenti! ― please [give me] the documents!
Usage notes
[edit]- The intransitive usage would presumably take avere as an auxiliary, but in practice never appears in compound tenses.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of favorìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- favorire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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