fomentar

Borrowed from Late Latin fōmentāre.

fomentar (first-person singular present fomento, first-person singular preterite fomentí, past participle fomentat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to apply a poultice
2. (transitive) to promote, foster, foment

• foment
• fomentació
• fomentador

• “fomentar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From Late Latin fōmentō.

fomentar (present tense fomentas, past tense fomentis, future tense fomentos, imperative fomentez, conditional fomentus)

1. to foment

• IPA^(key): [ɸoˈmʲentar]

fo·mentar

1. second-person singular present subjunctive deuterotonic of fo·muinethar

From Late Latin fōmentāre.

• Hyphenation: fo‧men‧tar

fomentar (first-person singular present fomento, first-person singular preterite fomentei, past participle fomentado)

1. to foment (to incite or cause)
2. to stimulate or promote

Borrowed from Late Latin fōmentāre, from Latin fōmentum (“lotion”), from fovēre (“heat, cherish”).

• IPA^(key): /fomenˈtaɾ/ [fo.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fo‧men‧tar

fomentar (first-person singular present fomento, first-person singular preterite fomenté, past participle fomentado)

1. to foster, encourage, promote, advance
   • 2015 December 25, “Oportuno abrazo entre investigadores y productores › Cuba › Granma - Órgano oficial del PCC”, in Granma‎^[1]:

     A través de la agroecología y demás técnicas implementadas a sugerencia de los especialistas, hoy Genaro logra mejores rendimientos cafetaleros en su finca, y fomenta la lombricultura y otras variantes, las cuales disemina entre los labriegos de la zona, quienes reconocen en él al líder natural que abrazó la ciencia para salir adelante.

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2. to feed, nourish
3. to provide
4. to apply a poultice
5. to foment (excite)

• “fomentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024