alimentación
Spanish, noun/alimentaˈθjon/
alimentación is spelled A-L-I-M-E-N-T-A-C-I-Ó-N (12 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,840th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alimentación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “feeding (an instance of giving food)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de alimentar”.
What does alimentación mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefeeding (an instance of giving food)
- 2
femininefeeding (an instance of eating)
- 3
femininefood; diet; eating (the food and beverage a person or animal consumes)
- 4
femininenourishment
- 5
femininesupply, input, power (of a resource into a mechanical process)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de alimentar 2. Lo que se da o se recibe para alimentar 3. Tipo de comida que ingiere una persona o animal.
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 alimentación
- alimentaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alimentación?
- /alimentaˈθjon/
- [a.li.mẽn̪.t̪aˈθjõn]
- /alimentaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alimentación
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alimentación in Spanish?
alimentación appears 21 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).