Favours Meaning in English

word · lemma: favour

US

/ˈfeɪvɝz/

FAY-vurz

UK

/fˈeɪvəz/

FAY-vuhz

التعريف

Small acts of kindness or help that you do for someone. Can also refer to gifts or tokens given at parties.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Common in both formal and informal speech. Often used with 'do someone a favour' (help someone). In British English, 'favour' is standard spelling; 'favor' is used in American English. Also refers to small gifts at events ('party favours'). Be careful not to confuse with 'in favour of' (supporting).

• Spanish: favores
• Portuguese (BR): favores
• Portuguese (PT): favores
• Chinese (Simplified): 帮忙 - 恩惠
• Chinese (Traditional): 幫忙 - 恩惠
• Hindi: एहसान
• Arabic: خدمات - معروف
• Bengali: উপকার - সহায়তা - উপহার (পার্টির ছোটো গিফট)
• Russian: одолжения - услуги - сувениры (на вечеринке)
• Japanese: 親切（しんせつ）な行為 - 手助け - プチギフト（パーティーの小さな贈り物）
• Vietnamese: ân huệ - giúp đỡ - quà lưu niệm (ở tiệc)
• Korean: 호의 - 친절 - 답례품(파티에서 주는 작은 선물)
• Turkish: iyilik - yardım - hediyelik (parti için küçük hediye)
• Urdu: احسان - مدد - تحفے (پارٹی میں دیے گئے چھوٹے تحفے)
• Indonesian: kebaikan - bantuan - suvenir (hadiah kecil di pesta)

جمل نموذجية

Doing favours all the time can be exhausting.

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Can you do me some favours?

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I don't like asking for favours.

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She always gives small favours at her birthday parties.

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He seems to expect a lot of favours from his friends.

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Those little wedding favours were so cute!

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