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alimentar

to feed

verb

alimentar
transitive verb
1. to feed (dar comida)
  • tengo cinco hijos que alimentar -> I've got five kids to feed
2. to feed (dar energía, material)
  • la lectura alimenta el espíritu -> reading improves your mind
3. to fuel (motor, vehículo)
intransitive verb
4. to be nourishing
  • los garbanzos alimentan mucho -> chickpeas are very nutritious
alimentarse
pronomial verb
also:
  • alimentarse de -> to live on

alimentar [ah-le-men-tar’]
article & verb transitive
1. To feed, to nourish, to nurse, to fatten.
2. To supply a person with the necessities of life.
3. (Tec.) To feed.
  • Alimentar una máquina de algo -> to feed something into a machine
verb reflexive
4. To gorge, to feed.

alimentar
verbo:transitivo
1 (dar de comer a) to feed
alimentan el ganado con piensos they feed the cattle with animal fodder; tengo una familia que alimentar I've got a family to feed
2 (nutrir) to be nutritious o nourishing
la comida rápida no te alimenta nada fast food is not at all nutritious o nourishing
3 [+imaginación] to fire; fuel; [+esperanzas, pasiones] to feed; fuel; [+sentimiento, idea] to foster
ese tipo de comentario alimenta el rencor that sort of remark fosters resentment; sus historias alimentaron mi deseo de ir a Perú her stories strengthened o fuelled my desire to go to Peru
4 [+hoguera, horno doméstico, fuego] to feed; add fuel to; [+horno industrial] to stoke
el operario alimenta la máquina de o con combustible the operator feeds fuel into the machine
5 (Electricidad y Eléctronica) to supply
verbo:intransitivo
to be nutritious; be nourishing
esta comida no alimenta nada this food is not at all nutritious o nourishing
huele que alimenta it smells delicious
verbo:pronominal
alimentarse
1 [+animal] to feed
se alimentan de carroña they feed on carrion
2 [+persona]
en este país se alimentan fatal people eat very poorly in this country; se alimenta solo de productos naturales she eats only natural foods; durante el naufragio se alimentaron solo de fruta while shipwrecked they lived o survived on fruit
3 (Mecánica)
el motor se alimenta de gasoil the engine runs on diesel

Verb Conjugation for "alimentar" (go to to feed)

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo alimento alimenté alimentaba alimentaré alimente
alimentas alimentaste alimentabas alimentarás alimentes
Ella/Él/Usted alimenta alimentó alimentaba alimentará alimente
Nosotros alimentamos alimentamos alimentábamos alimentaremos alimentemos
Vosotros alimentáis alimentasteis alimentabais alimentaréis alimentéis
Ellos/Ustedes alimentan alimentaron alimentaban alimentarán alimenten
Gerund: alimentando / Participle: alimentado / Complete alimentar conjugation >
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