alimentar
Spanish, verb/alimenˈtaɾ/
alimentar is spelled A-L-I-M-E-N-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,527th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alimentar is a Spanish verb meaning “to feed (give food to eat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar comida o alimentos”.
What does alimentar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to feed (give food to eat)
- 2
to feed into, reinforce.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar comida o alimentos. 2. Suministrar a algo o alguien lo necesario para su mantención y subsistencia. 3. Alentar. Fomentar. Animar a seguir un camino u opción.
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 alimentar
- alimento first-person present singular
- alimenté first-person preterite singular
- alimentado participle past
- alimentando gerund
- alimentada feminine participle past
- alimentados masculine participle past
- alimentadas feminine participle past
- alimentas indicative informal present
- alimentás indicative informal present
- alimenta indicative present singular
- alimentamos first-person indicative plural
- alimentáis indicative plural present
- alimentan indicative plural present
- alimentaba first-person imperfect indicative
- alimentabas imperfect indicative second-person
- alimentábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- alimentabais imperfect indicative plural
- alimentaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alimentar?
- /alimenˈtaɾ/
- [a.li.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- [alimẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alimentar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alimentar in Spanish?
alimentar appears 9.3 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).