alimentar

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to feed

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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

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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.

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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 nourishing;o
la comida rápida no te alimenta nada fast food is not at all nutritious nourishing;o
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 fuelled my desire to go to Peru;o
4 [+hoguera, horno doméstico, fuego] to feed; add fuel to; [+horno industrial] to stoke
el operario alimenta la máquina de con combustibleo 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 nourishing;o
huele que alimenta (familiar) 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 survived on fruit;o
3 (Mecánica)
el motor se alimenta de gasoil the engine runs on diesel

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Verb Conjugation for "alimentar"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo alimento alimenté alimentaba alimentaré alimente
Tú 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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