fomentar
Spanish, verb/fomenˈtaɾ/
fomentar is spelled F-O-M-E-N-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,864th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fomentar is a Spanish verb meaning “to foster, encourage, promote, advance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Promover activamente el desarrollo de algo; impulsar, estimular, o incitar su crecimiento”.
What does fomentar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to foster, encourage, promote, advance
- 2
to feed, nourish
- 3
to provide
- 4
to apply a poultice
- 5
to foment (excite)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Promover activamente el desarrollo de algo; impulsar, estimular, o incitar su crecimiento. 2. Aplicar un emplasto, generalmente acompañado de calor.
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 fomentar
- fomento first-person present singular
- fomenté first-person preterite singular
- fomentado participle past
- fomentando gerund
- fomentada feminine participle past
- fomentados masculine participle past
- fomentadas feminine participle past
- fomentas indicative informal present
- fomentás indicative informal present
- fomenta indicative present singular
- fomentamos first-person indicative plural
- fomentáis indicative plural present
- fomentan indicative plural present
- fomentaba first-person imperfect indicative
- fomentabas imperfect indicative second-person
- fomentábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- fomentabais imperfect indicative plural
- fomentaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fomentar?
- /fomenˈtaɾ/
- [fo.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- [fomẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fomentar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fomentar in Spanish?
fomentar appears 16 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).