Favorecer in Spanish: help or give preference

A policy can help a community, and a judge can give someone an unfair advantage.

The idea

Favorecer means to promote or benefit; with a person it can also mean to favor. The present first person is favorezco.

La sombra favorece el crecimiento de estas plantas.Shade promotes the growth of these plants.
El nuevo horario favorece a quienes viajan en tren.The new schedule benefits those who travel by train.
No favorezco a ningún candidato de mi familia.I do not favor any candidate in my family.
La lluvia favoreció la recuperación del bosque.The rain helped the forest recover.
Estas becas favorecen el acceso a la universidad.These scholarships promote access to university.
Si escuchamos todas las ideas, favoreceremos el diálogo.If we listen to all the ideas, we will encourage dialogue.

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Do not write favoreco: the first-person present adds z before c.

Choose the correct form: Yo ___ la cooperación. (favorezco / favoreco)
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favorezco
Favorezco agrees with the first-person subject.
Choose the correct form: El cambio ___ a las pequeñas empresas ayer. (favoreció / favorecio)
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favoreció
Favoreció has an accent in the completed past.
Choose the correct form: Las pausas ___ la concentración. (favorecen / favorece)
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favorecen
Favorecen agrees with the plural subject.

Write an original sentence about something that helps a process.