favor de

Ellipsis of hágame el favor de (“do me the favor of”).

• IPA^(key): /faˈboɾ de/ [faˈβ̞oɾ ð̞e]
• Syllabification: fa‧vor de

favor de

1. please (used before the infinitive of a verb)

   Favor de traerme un café.

   Bring me a coffee, please.

• Unlike por favor, favor de may only be used at the beginning of a clause. Favor de is also more polite.

• “favor de”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024