Meaning
to favor, promote
- to favor, to help, to support
- to promote, to encourage
- to pass, to hand over
- (polite) please; to help oneself (favorisca...)
In a sentence
Questa app favorisce lo studio ogni giorno.
This app helps with studying every day.
Il caldo ha favorito la crescita delle piante.
The heat encouraged the plants' growth.
Mi favorisce il sale, per favore?
Could you pass me the salt, please?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| favorire | infinitive |
| favoriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| favorisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| favorite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| favorisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| favoriscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| favorisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| favorivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| favorivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| favorivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| favorivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| favorivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| favoriva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| favorimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| favorii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| favoriste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| favoristi | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| favorirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| favorì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| favoriremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| favorirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| favorirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| favorirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| favoriranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| favorirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| favoriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| favorisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| favoriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| favorisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| favoriscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| favorisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| favorissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| favorissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| favoriste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| favorissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| favorissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| favorisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| favoriremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| favorirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| favorireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| favoriresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| favorirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| favorirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| favoriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| favorite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| favorisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| favorendo | gerund |
| favorito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use favorire more in formal, written, or institutional contexts; in everyday speech, aiutare or sostenere often sound more natural for people.
- For promoting conditions or outcomes, favorire is common: favorire la crescita, favorire il dialogo. Promuovere is often more active or policy-oriented.
- As a polite service verb, favorire? means 'go ahead/please'; common in shops and offices, and more formal than prego.