favorito
Portuguese, noun/fa.voˈɾi.tu/
favorito is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “favourite (person who enjoys special regard or favour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does favorito mean in English?
adjective
- 1
favourite; preferred
noun
- 1
masculinefavourite (person who enjoys special regard or favour)
- 2
masculinefavourite (person who is preferred or trusted above all others)
- 3
masculinefavourite (contestant or competitor thought most likely to win)
noun
- 1
masculinebookmark (record of the address of a file or page)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. predileto, preferido, que se gosta mais 2. que é mais cotado para vencer 3. que é protegido por outro
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 favorito
- favorita feminine
- favoritos masculine plural
- favoritas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce favorito?
- Brazil /fa.voˈɾi.tu/
- Portugal /fɐ.vuˈɾi.tu/
- Portugal /fɐ.buˈɾi.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to favorito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is favorito in Portuguese?
favorito appears 24 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).