alentar
Spanish, verb/alenˈtaɾ/
alentar is spelled A-L-E-N-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 14,075th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alentar is a Spanish verb meaning “to encourage, animate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Animar, infundir aliento o esfuerzo, dar vigor”.
What does alentar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to encourage, animate
Hay que alentarla un poco.
- 2
to gather up one's courage
- 3
colloquialto recuperate; to recover from an illness.
verb
- 1
Latin-Americato slow down, become slow
- 2
Mexicoto become or behave as a shy, shameful or fearful person
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Animar, infundir aliento o esfuerzo, dar vigor.
verb: 1. Absorber el aire los seres vivos. 2. Animarse, cobrar aliento. 3. Descansar, aliviarse del trabajo.
verb: 1. Enlentecer, demorar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alentar
- aliento first-person present singular
- alenté first-person preterite singular
- alentado participle past
- e-ie alternation
- alentando gerund
- alentada feminine participle past
- alentados masculine participle past
- alentadas feminine participle past
- alientas indicative informal present
- alentás indicative informal present
- alienta indicative present singular
- alentamos first-person indicative plural
- alentáis indicative plural present
- alientan indicative plural present
- alentaba first-person imperfect indicative
- alentabas imperfect indicative second-person
- alentábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- alentabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alentar?
- /alenˈtaɾ/
- [a.lẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- [alẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alentar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alentar in Spanish?
alentar appears 4.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).