fomento

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See also: Fomento, fomentó, and fomentò

Catalan

Verb

fomento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fomentar

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin fōmentum.

Noun

fomento m (plural fomenti)

  1. poultice
  2. trouble, foment

Etymology 2

Verb

fomento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fomentare

Further reading

  • fomento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology 1

From fōmentum (poultice) +‎ (denominative verb suffix).

Verb

fōmentō (present infinitive fōmentāre, perfect active fōmentāvī, supine fōmentātum); first conjugation (Late Latin)

  1. (medicine) to foment; apply a (hot) poultice
  2. to pour hot water over; bathe something in hot water
  3. (figuratively) to soothe
Conjugation
   Conjugation of fōmentō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fōmentō fōmentās fōmentat fōmentāmus fōmentātis fōmentant
imperfect fōmentābam fōmentābās fōmentābat fōmentābāmus fōmentābātis fōmentābant
future fōmentābō fōmentābis fōmentābit fōmentābimus fōmentābitis fōmentābunt
perfect fōmentāvī fōmentāvistī fōmentāvit fōmentāvimus fōmentāvistis fōmentāvērunt,
fōmentāvēre
pluperfect fōmentāveram fōmentāverās fōmentāverat fōmentāverāmus fōmentāverātis fōmentāverant
future perfect fōmentāverō fōmentāveris fōmentāverit fōmentāverimus fōmentāveritis fōmentāverint
passive present fōmentor fōmentāris,
fōmentāre
fōmentātur fōmentāmur fōmentāminī fōmentantur
imperfect fōmentābar fōmentābāris,
fōmentābāre
fōmentābātur fōmentābāmur fōmentābāminī fōmentābantur
future fōmentābor fōmentāberis,
fōmentābere
fōmentābitur fōmentābimur fōmentābiminī fōmentābuntur
perfect fōmentātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect fōmentātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect fōmentātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fōmentem fōmentēs fōmentet fōmentēmus fōmentētis fōmentent
imperfect fōmentārem fōmentārēs fōmentāret fōmentārēmus fōmentārētis fōmentārent
perfect fōmentāverim fōmentāverīs fōmentāverit fōmentāverīmus fōmentāverītis fōmentāverint
pluperfect fōmentāvissem fōmentāvissēs fōmentāvisset fōmentāvissēmus fōmentāvissētis fōmentāvissent
passive present fōmenter fōmentēris,
fōmentēre
fōmentētur fōmentēmur fōmentēminī fōmententur
imperfect fōmentārer fōmentārēris,
fōmentārēre
fōmentārētur fōmentārēmur fōmentārēminī fōmentārentur
perfect fōmentātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect fōmentātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fōmentā fōmentāte
future fōmentātō fōmentātō fōmentātōte fōmentantō
passive present fōmentāre fōmentāminī
future fōmentātor fōmentātor fōmentantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives fōmentāre fōmentāvisse fōmentātūrum esse fōmentārī fōmentātum esse fōmentātum īrī
participles fōmentāns fōmentātūrus fōmentātus fōmentandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
fōmentandī fōmentandō fōmentandum fōmentandō fōmentātum fōmentātū
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inflected form of fōmentum.

Noun

fōmentō

  1. dative/ablative singular of fōmentum

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: fo‧men‧to
  • Rhymes: -ẽtu

Noun

fomento f (plural fomentos)

  1. instigation, incitement
  2. development, promotion or stimulation of activity
    Banco de Fomentodevelopment bank
    fomento do turismopromotion of tourism

Verb

fomento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fomentar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /foˈmento/
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: fo‧men‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin fōmentum.

Noun

fomento m (plural fomentos)

  1. stimulus, animus, impulse
  2. development, promotion, building (administrative action for promoting a useful result)
    Ministerio de FomentoMinistry of Development
  3. (medicine) a wet cloth which is applied to the skin for medicinal purposes, usually accompanied by heat
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fomento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fomentar

Further reading