alimentación

See also: alimentacion

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alimentaˈθjon/, [a.li.mẽn̪.t̪aˈθjõŋ]

Noun

alimentación f (plural alimentaciones)

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Galician

Noun

alimentación f (plural alimentacións)

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Spanish

Etymology

From alimentar (“to feed”) +‎ -ción. Cognate with Occitan alimentacion and English alimentation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /alimentaˈθjon/ [a.li.mẽn̪.t̪aˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /alimentaˈsjon/ [a.li.mẽn̪.t̪aˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: a‧li‧men‧ta‧ción

Noun

alimentación f (plural alimentaciones)

1. feeding (an instance of giving food)
2. feeding (an instance of eating)
3. food; diet; eating (the food and beverage a person or animal consumes)
4. nourishment
5. supply, input, power (of a resource into a mechanical process)

Derived terms

• agroalimentación
• autoalimentación
• bomba de alimentación
• sistema de alimentación ininterrumpida
• sobrealimentación

 

Further reading

• “alimentación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014