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alimento

Spanish, noun

alimento is spelled A-L-I-M-E-N-T-O (8 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,078th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alimento is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “food (solid substance that can be consumed)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of alimentar. With an accent, alimentó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of alimentar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sustancia normalmente comida o bebida por los seres vivos. Es la principal fuente de energía y nutrición de…”.

What does alimento mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinefood (solid substance that can be consumed)

  2. 2

    masculinenourishment

  3. 3

    masculinealimony, maintenance

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of alimentar

verb

as alimentó
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of alimentar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Sustancia normalmente comida o bebida por los seres vivos. Es la principal fuente de energía y nutrición de animales y, generalmente, es de origen animal o vegetal. 2. Asistencia económica que por ley debe dar el marido a su esposa separada e hijos. 3. Lo que nutre una actividad o un ente inmaterial. 4. Cualquier cosa cuyo consumo permite algún tipo de actividad o funcionamiento.

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 alimento

  • alimentos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to alimento

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is alimento in Spanish?

alimento appears 15 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).

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