¿Cuál es otra palabra para "favorito" en español?

Question

Cuando usted busca la palabra favorite en SpanishDict menciona los Estados Unidos entre paréntesis que creo que implica que es muy popular aquí en los EE.UU., pero ¿qué pasa con otras partes del mundo? ¿Cómo se describen típicamente algo que favorecen? ¿O es más universal de lo que pienso?

When you look up the word favorite in SpanishDict it mentions the United States in parenthesis which I believe implies it is popular here, but what about other parts of the world? How do they typically describe something they favor? Or is it more-universal than I think?

For example: favorite song, book, meal, actor, etc.
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Answer 1

¡Hola!, jrschenk:
 
What you are seeing is only a reference to the US spelling of the word. In those countries that still adhere to British spelling, the same word exists and is used as the same way as the US but outside the US it is spelt "favoUrite".
 
Saludos/Cheers,
Moe

Moe, que es exactamente donde me equivoqué. ¡Gracias! - jrschenk, May 15, 2014

Answer 2

En México usamos mucho "preferido". Saludos, Jeff!

Hola, Susy, y gracias por ayudarme. - jrschenk, May 15, 2014

Answer 3

I think the two more common ways are "favorito" and "preferido".

¡Buen día!

Muchisimas gracias! Usted es muy útil. - jrschenk, May 15, 2014

Answer 4

I entered favorite (in English) in the "Translate" function above, and it gave me several Spanish synonyms. Please do the same. Good luck!

Gracias. I did that, but that didn't give me a sense of whether the words are popular to use in everyday speech. You are correct, and I appreciate your help. - jrschenk, May 15, 2014