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fomento

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See also: Fomento, fomentó, and fomentò

Catalan

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Verb

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fomento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fomentar

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /foˈmen.to/
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Hyphenation: fo‧mén‧to

Etymology 1

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From Latin fōmentum.

Noun

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fomento m (plural fomenti)

  1. poultice
  2. trouble, foment
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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fomento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fomentare

Further reading

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  • fomento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

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Etymology 1

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From fōmentum (poultice) +‎ (denominative verb suffix).

Verb

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fōmentō (present infinitive fōmentāre, perfect active fōmentāvī, supine fōmentātum); first conjugation (Late Latin)

  1. (medicine) to foment; apply a (hot) poultice
  2. to pour hot water over; bathe something in hot water
  3. (figuratively) to soothe
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Inflected form of fōmentum.

Noun

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fōmentō

  1. dative/ablative singular of fōmentum

References

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: fo‧men‧to
  • Rhymes: -ẽtu

Noun

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fomento f (plural fomentos)

  1. instigation, incitement
  2. development, promotion or stimulation of activity
    Banco de Fomentodevelopment bank
    fomento do turismopromotion of tourism

Verb

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fomento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fomentar

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /foˈmento/ [foˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: fo‧men‧to

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin fōmentum.

Noun

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fomento m (plural fomentos)

  1. stimulus, animus, impulse
  2. development, promotion, building (administrative action for promoting a useful result)
    Ministerio de FomentoMinistry of Development
  3. (medicine) a wet cloth which is applied to the skin for medicinal purposes, usually accompanied by heat
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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fomento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fomentar

Further reading

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