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favour

(also nó favor)
nounAinmfhocal
1. sth to help
2. support, approval
3. preferential treatment
4. sexual acts
5. small gift
verbbriathar
6. support, approve of
7. prefer
8. give unfair advantage to
9. make things easier for
10. kindly grant
11. resemble
PhrasesNathanna
 nounAinmfhocal 1 sth to helpgar masc1 cmu to do sb a favour gar a dhéanamh do dhuine, soilíos a dhéanamh do dhuine to ask sb a favour gar a iarraidh ar dhuine to return a favour to sb an comhar a dhíol le duine I'll return the favour cúiteoidh mé an chomaoin leat kindly do me the favour of not saying that word ar mhiste leat gan an focal sin a rá?do me a favournot to do yourself any favoursnot to do sb any favours 2 support, approvalfabhar masc1 cmugnaoi fem4 cmulé fem4 cmu the approach is enjoying favour with the unions tá na ceardchumainn fabhrach don chur chuige as president, she enjoyed the favour of the people bhí gnaoi an phobail uirthi mar uachtarán it didn't gain favour with the customers níor thaitin sé leis na custaiméirí the bank lost favour with its customers chaill an banc tacaíocht a chuid custaiméirí she didn't look with favour on the proposal níor thaitin an moladh léi, ní raibh sí fabhrach don mholadh boots are now out of favour tá buataisí as faisean anois 3 preferential treatmentfabhar masc1 cmu without fear or favour gan chamadh gan chlaonadh to show favour to sb fabhar a thabhairt do dhuine, bheith fabhrach le duine 4 sexual acts sexual favours garaíocht ghnéis 5 small giftfabhar masc1 cmuféirín masc4 cmu verbbriathar 6 support, approve of transitiveaistreachbheith i bhfabharbheith i bhfách le cmu I don't favour that approach níl mé i bhfabhar an chur chuige sin, níl mé i bhfách leis an gcur chuige sin we favour a complete ban táimid ar son cosc iomlán, b'fhearr linn cosc iomlán 7 prefer transitiveaistreachis fearr le the butterfly favours sunny habitats is fearr leis an bhféileacán gnáthóga grianmhara, gnáthóga grianmhara a thaithíonn an féileacán, is rogha leis an bhféileacán gnáthóga grianmhara 8 give unfair advantage to transitiveaistreachbuntáiste a thabhairt do cmu an education system which favours the most able córas oideachais a thugann buntáiste do na daltaí is ábalta the tax cuts will favour the rich chun leas lucht an rachmais a rachaidh na ciorruithe cánach, rachaidh na ciorruithe cánach ar sochar do lucht an tsaibhris, lucht an rachmais is mó a bheidh thuas leis na ciorruithe cánach 9 make things easier for transitiveaistreachcuidigh le PhrV cmuéascaigh verb cmubheith fabhrach do the long grass favoured the home team chuidigh an féar fada leis an bhfoireann bhaile a policy which favours the growth of small business polasaí a éascaíonn fás gnólachtaí beaga the weather favoured us bhí an aimsir linn, bhí an t-ádh orainn leis an aimsir 10 usually used ironicallyúsáid íorónta kindly grant transitiveaistreach she favoured me with a visit dheonaigh sí cuairt a thabhairt orm they didn't favour me with a reply níor bhac siad le freagra a thabhairt orm 11 (especially USSAM) resemble transitiveaistreachtéigh le PhrV cmulean verb cmu he favours his father téann sé lena athair, leanann sé a athair PhrasesNathanna do me a favour! (also nó do us a favour! informalneamhfhoirmeálta) éist do bhéal!lig as!leag as! in favour of sth/sb 1 supporting, agreeing withi bhfabhar ruda/duine I'm in favour of the proposal tá mé i bhfabhar an mholta, tá mé i bhfách leis an moladh I'm all in favour of that tá mé ag teacht go hiomlán leis sin they voted in favour of the change vótáil siad ar son an athraithe the court found in favour of the plaintiff (also nó the court ruled in favour of the plaintiff) rialaigh an chúirt i bhfabhar an ghearánaí, bhí breith na cúirte leis an ngearánaí they came down in favour of the motion shocraigh siad tacú leis an rún 2 out of preference forde rogha arin áit cmu I gave up contact lenses in favour of glasses fuair mé spéaclaí de rogha ar lionsaí tadhaill in sb's favour 1 to sb's advantagei bhfabhar duinei leith duinear son duine she changed her will in his favour d'athraigh sí a huacht ina fhabhar, d'athraigh sí a tiomna ina leith that's a point in her favour sin pointe ar a son, sin rud maith fúithi we had the wind in our favour bhí cóir na gaoithe linn he's got everything in his favour tá gach sórt ag rith leis the delay might work in our favour b'fhéidir go mbeadh an mhoill ina cúnamh againn, b'fhéidir go ndéanfadh an mhoill leas dúinn, b'fhéidir go rachadh an mhoill chun sochair dúinn 2 of cheque: written out toi bhfabhar duinei leith duine not to do yourself any favours you'll not do yourself any favours if you speak like that ní dhéanfaidh tú aon mhaith duit féin má labhraíonn tú mar sin, ní dhéanfaidh tú sochar ar bith duit féin má labhraíonn tú mar sin not to do sb any favours the photograph doesn't do her any favours ní haon mhaise uirthi an grianghraf, tá droch-chuma uirthi sa ghrianghraf
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