alimentar

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

Catalan

Etymology

From aliment +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• Homophone: alimentà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

alimentar (first-person singular present alimento, first-person singular preterite alimentí, past participle alimentat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

• alimentació f

Further reading

• “alimentar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “alimentar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “alimentar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “alimentar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

From alimento +‎ -ar.

Verb

alimentar (first-person singular present alimento, first-person singular preterite alimentei, past participle alimentado)

1. to feed

Conjugation

Related terms

• alimentación

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

See also

• nutrar

Further reading

• alimentar in Ido-English Dictionary by L. H. Dyer, 1924

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From alimento +‎ -ar, from Latin alimentum (“food”).

Pronunciation

• audio (BR)

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• Hyphenation: a‧li‧men‧tar

Verb

alimentar (first-person singular present alimento, first-person singular preterite alimentei, past participle alimentado)

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

   Synonyms: comer, papar

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

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

   Synonym: dar de comer

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

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.

Conjugation

Related terms

Etymology 2

From alimento +‎ -ar (compare French alimentaire, Latin alimentārius), from Latin alimentum (“food”).

Pronunciation

• audio (BR)

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• Hyphenation: a‧li‧men‧tar

Adjective

alimentar m or f (plural alimentares)

1. (relational) food, nutrition

   Synonym: alimentício

Further reading

• “alimentar” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “alimentar” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “alimentar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “alimentar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “alimentar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “alimentar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French alimentaire, from Latin alimentārius. By surface analysis, aliment +‎ -ar.

Adjective

alimentar m or n (feminine singular alimentară, masculine plural alimentari, feminine and neuter plural alimentare)

1. alimentary, food-related

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alimenˈtaɾ/

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧li‧men‧tar

Verb

alimentar (first-person singular present alimento, first-person singular preterite alimenté, past participle alimentado)

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

   Synonym: dar de comer

2. (transitive, figurative) to feed into, reinforce.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

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