favorito

Asturian

Adjective

favorito

1. neuter of favoritu

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [favorˈito]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Hyphenation: fa‧vor‧it‧o

Noun

favorito (accusative singular favoriton, plural favoritoj, accusative plural favoritojn)

1. singular past nominal passive participle of favori

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /favoˈrito/

Verb

favorito

1. singular nominal past passive participle of favorar

Italian

Etymology

From favorire (“to favour/favor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.voˈri.to/
• Rhymes: -ito
• Hyphenation: fa‧vo‧rì‧to

Adjective

favorito (feminine favorita, masculine plural favoriti, feminine plural favorite, superlative favoritissimo)

1. favourite/favorite

   Synonym: preferito

Derived terms

• favoritamente

Noun

favorito m (plural favoriti, feminine favorita)

1. favourite/favorite
2. mollycoddle
3. teacher's pet

Descendants

• → Catalan: favorit
• → French: favori (see there for further descendants)

  → Greek: φαβορί (favorí)

• → Portuguese: favorito

Participle

favorito (feminine favorita, masculine plural favoriti, feminine plural favorite)

1. past participle of favorire

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• forviato

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian favorito.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa.voˈɾi.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa.voˈɾi.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa.voˈɾi.to/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐ.vuˈɾi.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐ.vuˈɾi.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐ.buˈɾi.tu/ [fɐ.βuˈɾi.tu]

• Hyphenation: fa‧vo‧ri‧to

Adjective

favorito (feminine favorita, masculine plural favoritos, feminine plural favoritas)

1. favourite; preferred

   Synonyms: preferido, predileto

Noun

favorito m (plural favoritos, feminine favorita, feminine plural favoritas)

1. favourite (person who enjoys special regard or favour)

   Synonym: preferido

2. favourite (person who is preferred or trusted above all others)

   Synonym: preferido

3. favourite (contestant or competitor thought most likely to win)

Noun

favorito m (plural favoritos)

1. (computing) bookmark (record of the address of a file or page)

Derived terms

• favoritismo

Related terms

• favor

Further reading

• “favorito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faboˈɾito/ [fa.β̞oˈɾi.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: fa‧vo‧ri‧to

Adjective

favorito (feminine favorita, masculine plural favoritos, feminine plural favoritas)

1. favorite

Noun

favorito m (plural favoritos, feminine favorita, feminine plural favoritas)

1. favorite

Derived terms

• no favorito (“underdog”) (adj.)

 

See also

• preferido m

Further reading

• “favorito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10