Meaning of "favor"

favor •

n.
• • 1. kindness, an act of generosity: kagandahang-loob, kabutihang-loob, pabor
  • 2. help, big help: tulong, malaking tulong
  • 3. favoritism, bias: pagkampi, pagkiling, pagpanig, pagtatangi
  • 4. to do a favor, to help: tumulong, tulungan
  • 5. to ask a favor: humingi ng tulong

v.
• • 1. to oblige: magpaunlak, paunlakan, magbigay, pagbigyan
  • 2. to give more than is fair to, to take the side of someone: kumampi, kampihan, kumiling, kilingan, pumanig, panigan
  • 3. to support, esp. a prospect or candidacy: tumangkilik, tangkilikin
  • 4. to approve, to agree with: sumang-ayon, sang-ayunan

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flatter

v.
• • 1. to praise beyond the truth: purihin (nang labis-labis)
  • 2. to flatter with the intention of obtaining a favor: maglangis, mambola, bolahin

court

n.
• • 1. place where justice is administered, tribunal: hukuman, husgado
  • 2. Court of First Instance: Hukumang Unang Dulugan
  • 3. Supreme Court: Kataas-taasang Hukuman, Korte Suprema
  • 4. a sovereign and his retinue: korte
  • 5. space partly or wholly enclosed by walls or buildings: patyo
  • 6. a place marked off for a game: laruan, palaruan

v.
• • 1. to seek the favor of, to try to please: manuyo, sumuyo suyuin
  • 2. to court, to woo: manligaw, lumigaw, ligawan

smile

v.
• • to show pleasure, favor, kindness, amusement, etc., by facial expression: ngumiti, ngitian

n.
• • the act of smiling: ngiti, pagngiti

win

v.
• • 1. to gain, acquire: magtamo, tamuhin, magkamit, kamtan
  • 2. to be successful over others: manalo, tumalo, talunin, magwagi, pagwagihan, magtagumpay, pagtagumpayan
  • 3. to gain the favor of, to persuade: manghikayat, mahikayat, hikayatin, mang-akit, maakit, akitin, makuha

n.
• • a winning: panalo, tagumpay

indulgence

n.
• • 1. showing too much kindness: pagpapalayaw, labis na pagbibigay
  • 2. in the Roman Catholic Church, remission of the punishment still due to sin after the guilt has been forgiven: indulhensiya, pagpapatawad sa parusang dapat kamtan (danasin) pagkatapos mapatawad na ang kasalanan
  • 3. an excessive indulging of ones pleasure: pagpapakalabis, pagpapakasawa, pagpapakalayaw
  • 4. favor, privilege: kagandahang-loob, pribilehiyo

request

v.
• • to ask, to ask for, to ask as a favor: makiusap, ipakiusap, pakiusapan

n.
• • 1. act of asking: pakikiusap, pamamanhik, paghingi, paghiling
  • 2. what is asked for: hiling, kahilingan, pakiusap, pithaya, pamanhik
  • 3. the state of being desired or sought after: ang nahihiling, ang napipita, ang napipithaya

support

v.
• • 1. to hold up,to keep from falling: magtukod, tukuran, mag-alalay, umalalay, alalayan
  • 2. to prop: magsuhay, suhayan
  • 3. to keep up, to help, to give strength or courage to: magtaguyod, itaguyod, tumulong, tulungan
  • 4. to provide for: magtustos, tustusan, magsustento, sustentuhan
  • 5. to be in favor of, to back up, to second: kumatig, katigan, magtaguyod, itaguyod
  • 6. to help prove, to bear out: magpatunay, patunayan, magpatotoo, patotohanan

n.
• • 1. the act of supporting, condition of being supported, help, aid: tulong, pagtulong, taguyod, pagtataguyod, tustos, pagtustos, pagtutustos, sustento, pagsustento, pagsusustento
  • 2. a person or thing that supports: tagataguyod, tagakatig, tagasustento, tagatustos
  • 3. a prop: tukod, suhay sure

adj.
• • 1. certain, free from doubt: tiyak, piho, pihado, sigurado
  • 2. safe, reliable: maaasahan, sigurado, tapat, mapagtitiwalaan
  • 3. firm: matatag adv. 1. surely, certainly (American colloquialism): sigurado, tiyak, nakatitiyak
  • 2. to be sure may sometimes mean certainly: tiyak, sigurado, pihado
  • 3. to make sure, to be certain: tumiyak, tiyakin, magsiguro, siguruhin, siguraduhin, pumiho, pihuhin

pabor

Sp n.
• • favor

biyaya

n.
• • favor, grace, mercy

maka

• • maka- a verb prefix meaning ability, permission or opportunity to act, an adjective prefix meaning "for" or "in favor of". maka-Rizal. For Rizal.