| Traduções principais |
favor (US),
favour (UK) n | (helpful act) | favor, auxílio sm |
| | | gentileza sf |
| | Do me a favor and lend me $50. |
| | Faça-me um favor: me empreste 50 reais. |
favor (US),
favour (UK) n | uncountable (preference) | preferência sf |
| | Ruth puts her hand up at every question in an effort to gain the teacher's favour. |
favor [sth/sb] (US),
favour [sth/sb] (UK)⇒ vtr | (like best) | preferir, favorecer vt |
| | Keith wears a suit to work six days a week, so on Sunday he tends to favour jeans and a T-shirt. |
favor [sth/sb] over [sth/sb] (US),
favour [sth/sb] over [sth/sb] (UK) vtr + prep | (prefer) | preferir vt |
| | It's not unusual for parents to favor one child over the others. |
| | Não é incomum os pais preferirem um filho em detrimento dos outros. |
favor [sb] (US),
favour [sb] (UK)⇒ vtr | (give [sb] an advantage) | favorecer vt |
| | | privilegiar vt |
| | Luck favours those who work hard. |
Formas compostas:
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ask a favor (US),
ask a favour (UK) v expr | (request that [sb] do [sth]) | pedir um favor expres v |
| | May I ask a favor? Could you please water my garden while I'm out of town? |
| | Posso pedir um favor? Você poderia regar meu jardim enquanto eu estiver fora da cidade? |
ask [sb] a favor (US),
ask [sb] a favour (UK) v expr | (request that [sb] do [sth]) | pedir um favor expres v |
ask a favor of [sb] (US),
ask a favour of [sb] (UK) v expr | (request that [sb] do [sth]) | pedir um favor expres v |
| | Could I ask a favor of you? |
bias in favor of [sth/sb] (US),
bias in favour of [sth/sb] (UK) n | (inclination: in favor) | inclinação sf |
| | | tendência sf |
| | The electoral system suffers from bias in favour of one particular party. |
| | O sistema eleitoral sofre com a inclinação eleitoral em favor do Partido Trabalhista. |
bias [sb] in favor of [sb/sth] (US),
bias [sb] in favour of [sb/sth] (UK) v expr | (prejudice, influence in favor) | predispor, tender, influenciar vt |
| | Steph's upbringing has biased her in favour of left-wing causes. |
| | A educação de Steph a influenciou a favor das causas de esquerda. |
curry favor (US),
curry favour (UK) vtr + n | (be ingratiating) | bajular vt |
| | | adular vt |
| | | agradar vt |
| | (BRA: gíria, ofensivo!) | puxar saco expres v |
| | Roderick is always attempting to curry favor to gain an advantage. |
curry favor with [sb] (US),
curry favour with [sb] (UK) v expr | (ingratiate yourself) (ganhar simpatia) | cair nas graças expres v |
| | See if you can curry favor with one of the directors. |
| discriminate in favor of [sb] v expr | (show prejudice in favor of [sb]) | fazer discriminação a favor de loc v |
| | The referee seems to be discriminating in favor of the home team. |
do [sb] a favor,
do a favor for [sb] (US),
do [sb] a favour,
do a favour for [sb] (UK) v expr | (do [sth] kind) (pedido) | fazer um favor expres |
| | Will you do me a favor and post this letter for me? |
do me the favor of doing [sth] (US),
do me the favour of doing [sth] (UK) interj | (please would you) | faça-me o favor de interj |
fall out of favor (US),
fall out of favour (UK) v expr | (lose popularity) | perder popularidade vt + sf |
in favor (US),
in favour (UK) adj | (in agreement) | a favor loc adj |
| | When they first announced the scheme, only one or two people were in favour. |
in favor of [sth] (US),
in favour of [sth] (UK) adj + prep | (approving of [sth]) | a favor loc adj |
| | All but five MPs voted in favour of the bill. |
in favor of doing [sth] (US),
in favour of doing [sth] (UK) expr | (approving of [sth]) | a favor expres |
| | According to a poll, a majority of people in this country are in favour of joining the EU. |
in favor (US),
in favour (UK) adj | (popular, liked) | popular adj |
| | | em alta loc adj |
| | Cocktails bars are no longer in favour. |
in favor with [sb] (US),
in favour with [sb] (UK) adj + prep | (liked by, popular among) | popular adj |
| | | em alta loc adj |
opt in favor of [sth] (US),
opt in favour of [sth] (UK) v expr | (choose over [sth] else) | escolher em favor de expes |
| | We opted in favor of a smaller, more economical car. |
party favor,
favor (US),
party favour (UK) n | (gift for party guest) (presente) | lembrancinha sf dim |
| por favor interj | Spanish (please) | por favor interj |
wedding favor (US),
wedding favour (UK) n | (gift for guests at a marriage) | lembrança de casamento sf |