fomento
Spanish, noun
fomento is spelled F-O-M-E-N-T-O (7 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,498th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fomento is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “stimulus, animus, impulse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of fomentar. With an accent, fomentó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of fomentar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estímulo, ánimo, impulso”.
What does fomento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestimulus, animus, impulse
- 2
masculinedevelopment, promotion, building (administrative action for promoting a useful result)
Ministerio de Fomento
- 3
masculinea wet cloth which is applied to the skin for medicinal purposes, usually accompanied by heat
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of fomentar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of fomentar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Estímulo, ánimo, impulso. 2. Acción administrativa para promover un resultado de utilidad. 3. Paño mojado que se aplica sobre la piel con fines medicinales, usualmente 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 fomento
- fomentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to fomento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fomento in Spanish?
fomento appears 11 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).