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favore

favour

noun fah-VOH-reh Common

Origin: from Latin favor

Usage Note

Favore lives inside the most-used Italian phrase of all, per favore ('please'). Asking mi fai un favore? means 'will you do me a favour?'. To be a favore di something is to be 'in favour of' it.

Examples

"Mi puoi fare un favore?"

Natural Translation

Can you do me a favour?

Literal Translation

To-me you-can do a favour?

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