favorecer
Portuguese, verb/fa.vo.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/
favorecer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to give assistance to; protect; support” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer favor a”.
What does favorecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to give assistance to; protect; support
- 2
to do a favor to
- 3
to benefit from partiality; take part of
- 4
to be favorable or conducive to
- 5
to give more strength to; corroborate
- 6
to provide good attributes; to praise
- 7
to present (someone or something) as better than they actually are
- 8
to avail; help
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer favor a 2. proteger 3. apoiar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of favorecer
- favoreço first-person present singular
- favoreci first-person preterite singular
- favorecido participle past
- c-ç alternation
- favoreceres infinitive second-person singular
- favorecermos first-person infinitive plural
- favorecerdes infinitive plural second-person
- favorecerem infinitive plural third-person
- favorecendo gerund
- favorecidos masculine participle past
- favorecida feminine participle past
- favorecidas feminine participle past
- favoreces indicative present second-person
- favorece indicative present singular
- favorecemos first-person indicative plural
- favoreceis indicative plural present
- favorecem indicative plural present
- favorecia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce favorecer?
- Brazil /fa.vo.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/
- Brazil [fa.vo.ɾeˈse(h)]
- /fa.vo.ɾeˈse(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to favorecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is favorecer in Portuguese?
favorecer appears 4.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).