favor
Spanish, noun/faˈboɾ/
favor is spelled F-A-V-O-R (5 letters) and appears 302 times per million words in written Spanish, the 264th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Favor is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “favor/favour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Una obra benéfica que se brinda para ayudar a alguien”.
What does favor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefavor/favour
Hazme un favor.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Una obra benéfica que se brinda para ayudar a alguien. 2. Protección, amparo. 3. Provecho, utilidad. 4. El palo preferente en algunos juegos de naipes.
interjection: 1. Manera formal de emplear la locución por favor. Suele usarse por escrito.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of favor
- favores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce favor?
- /faˈboɾ/
- [faˈβ̞oɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to favor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is favor in Spanish?
favor appears 302 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).