fomentar

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin fōmentāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [fu.mənˈta] IPA(key): (Balearic) [fo.mənˈta] IPA(key): (Valencia) [fo.menˈtaɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [fo.menˈta] === Verb === fomentar (first-person singular present fomento, first-person singular preterite fomentí, past participle fomentat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/ (transitive) to apply a poultice (transitive) to promote, foster, foment ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== foment fomentació fomentador === Further reading === “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 == Ido == === Etymology === From Late Latin fōmentō. === Verb === fomentar (present tense fomentas, past tense fomentis, future tense fomentos, imperative fomentez, conditional fomentus) to foment ==== Conjugation ==== == Old Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɸoˈmʲen̪.t̪əɾ/ (Blasse) [ɸoˈmʲen̪.t̪aɾ] (Griffith) [ɸoˈmʲen̪.t̪əɾ] === Verb === fo·mentar second-person singular present subjunctive deuterotonic of fo·muinethar === Mutation === == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin fōmentāre. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: fo‧men‧tar === Verb === fomentar (first-person singular present fomento, first-person singular preterite fomentei, past participle fomentado) to foment (to incite or cause) to stimulate or promote ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “fomentar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “fomentar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin fōmentāre, from Latin fōmentum (“lotion”), from fovēre (“heat, cherish”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fomenˈtaɾ/ [fo.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: fo‧men‧tar === Verb === fomentar (first-person singular present fomento, first-person singular preterite fomenté, past participle fomentado) to foster, encourage, promote, advance to feed, nourish to provide to apply a poultice to foment (excite) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “fomentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025