alimentar

See also: alimentär

Asturian

Verb

alimentar (first-person singular indicative present alimento, past participle alimentáu)

1. to feed, nourish
2. (figuratively) to foster, promote

   Synonyms: fomentar, incitar

Conjugation

Conjugation of alimentar

infinitive		alimentar
gerund		alimentando
past participle		m alimentáu, f alimentada, n alimentao, m pl alimentaos, f pl alimentaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	alimento	alimentes	alimenta	alimentamos	alimentáis	alimenten
	imperfect	alimentaba	alimentabes	alimentaba	alimentábemos, alimentábamos	alimentabeis, alimentabais	alimentaben
	preterite	alimenté	alimentasti, alimentesti	alimentó	alimentemos	alimentastis, alimentestis	alimentaron
	pluperfect	alimentare, alimentara	alimentares, alimentaras	alimentare, alimentara	alimentáremos, alimentáramos	alimentareis, alimentarais	alimentaren, alimentaran
	future	alimentaré	alimentarás	alimentará	alimentaremos	alimentaréis	alimentarán
	conditional	alimentaría	alimentaríes	alimentaría	alimentaríemos, alimentaríamos	alimentaríeis, alimentaríais	alimentaríen
subjunctive	present	alimente	alimentes, alimentas	alimente	alimentemos	alimentéis	alimenten, alimentan
	imperfect	alimentare, alimentara	alimentares, alimentaras	alimentare, alimentara	alimentáremos, alimentáramos	alimentareis, alimentarais	alimentaren, alimentaran
imperative		—	alimenta	—	—	alimentái	—

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Catalan

Etymology

From aliment +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.li.mənˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.li.menˈtaɾ]
• Homophone: alimentà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

alimentar (first-person singular present alimento, first-person singular preterite alimentí, past participle alimentat)

1. to feed
2. to nourish
3. (electronics) to supply (with power, etc.)

Derived terms

• alimentació f

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Galician

Etymology

From aliment +‎ -ar.

Verb

1. to feed

Related terms

• alimentación

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English alimental, French alimenter, Italian alimentare, Spanish alimentar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.li.mɛnˈtar/

Verb

alimentar (present alimentas, past alimentis, future alimentos, conditional alimentus, imperative alimentez)

1. (transitive) to supply with what is necessary (as water, fuel to a machine, provisions to a town, food to a family or person)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alimentar

		present		past		future
infinitive		alimentar		alimentir		alimentor
tense		alimentas		alimentis		alimentos
conditional		alimentus
imperative		alimentez
adjective active participle		alimentanta		alimentinta		alimentonta
adverbial active participle		alimentante		alimentinte		alimentonte
nominal active participle	singular	alimentanto		alimentinto		alimentonto
	plural	alimentanti		alimentinti		alimentonti
adjective passive participle		alimentata		alimentita		alimentota
adverbial passive participle		alimentate		alimentite		alimentote
nominal passive participle	singular	alimentato		alimentito		alimentoto
	plural	alimentati		alimentiti		alimentoti

Derived terms

• alimentala (“alimental: sustaining”)
• alimentanta (“alimental: sustaining”)
• alimento (“alimentation: supply, maintenance, feeding”)

 

See also

• nutrar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin alimentum (“food”)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

1. relating to food or nutrition

   Synonym: alimentício

Verb

1. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to feed; to eat (to consume food)

   O urso passa o inverno sem se alimentar. ― Bears spend winter without eating.

   Synonyms: comer, papar

2. (transitive) to feed (to give food to)

   O fazendeiro acordou cedo para alimentar o gado. ― The farmer woke up early to feed the cattle.

   Synonym: dar de comer

3. (by extension, transitive) to feed; to charge (provide with fuel or input)

   Alimente o fogo com essa lenha. ― Feed the fire with this firewood.

4. (figuratively, transitive) to nurture (encourage the development of)

   Esse tipo de comentário só serve para alimentar o ódio. ― This kind of comment is only good for nurturing hatred.

Related terms

• alimentação
• alimentar-se
• alimentício
• alimento

 

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Spanish

Etymology

From alimento (“food; nourishment”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alimenˈtaɾ/ [a.li.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive) to feed (to give food to eat)

   Synonym: dar de comer

Derived terms

• alimentación
• alimentador

 

Related terms

• alimentario

Further reading

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