fomento

See also: Fomento, fomentó, and fomentò

Catalan

Verb

fomento

1. first-person singular present indicative of fomentar

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Latin fōmentum.

Noun

fomento m (plural fomenti)

1. poultice
2. trouble, foment

Related terms

• fomentare

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fomento

1. first-person singular present indicative of fomentare

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology 1

From fōmentum (“poultice”) +‎ -ō (denominative verb suffix).

Verb

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

   Conjugation of fōmentō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	fōmentō		fōmentās		fōmentat		fōmentāmus		fōmentātis		fōmentant
	imperfect	fōmentābam		fōmentābās		fōmentābat		fōmentābāmus		fōmentābātis		fōmentābant
	future	fōmentābō		fōmentābis		fōmentābit		fōmentābimus		fōmentābitis		fōmentābunt
	perfect	fōmentāvī		fōmentāvistī		fōmentāvit		fōmentāvimus		fōmentāvistis		fōmentāvērunt, fōmentāvēre
	pluperfect	fōmentāveram		fōmentāverās		fōmentāverat		fōmentāverāmus		fōmentāverātis		fōmentāverant
	future perfect	fōmentāverō		fōmentāveris		fōmentāverit		fōmentāverimus		fōmentāveritis		fōmentāverint
passive	present	fōmentor		fōmentāris, fōmentāre		fōmentātur		fōmentāmur		fōmentāminī		fōmentantur
	imperfect	fōmentābar		fōmentābāris, fōmentābāre		fōmentābātur		fōmentābāmur		fōmentābāminī		fōmentābantur
	future	fōmentābor		fōmentāberis, fōmentābere		fōmentābitur		fōmentābimur		fōmentābiminī		fōmentābuntur
	perfect	fōmentātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	fōmentātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	fōmentātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	fōmentem		fōmentēs		fōmentet		fōmentēmus		fōmentētis		fōmentent
	imperfect	fōmentārem		fōmentārēs		fōmentāret		fōmentārēmus		fōmentārētis		fōmentārent
	perfect	fōmentāverim		fōmentāverīs		fōmentāverit		fōmentāverīmus		fōmentāverītis		fōmentāverint
	pluperfect	fōmentāvissem		fōmentāvissēs		fōmentāvisset		fōmentāvissēmus		fōmentāvissētis		fōmentāvissent
passive	present	fōmenter		fōmentēris, fōmentēre		fōmentētur		fōmentēmur		fōmentēminī		fōmententur
	imperfect	fōmentārer		fōmentārēris, fōmentārēre		fōmentārētur		fōmentārēmur		fōmentārēminī		fōmentārentur
	perfect	fōmentātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	fōmentātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		fōmentā		—		—		fōmentāte		—
	future	—		fōmentātō		fōmentātō		—		fōmentātōte		fōmentantō
passive	present	—		fōmentāre		—		—		fōmentāminī		—
	future	—		fōmentātor		fōmentātor		—		—		fōmentantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		fōmentāre			fōmentārī			fōmentāns			—
future		fōmentātūrum esse			fōmentātum īrī			fōmentātūrus			fōmentandus
perfect		fōmentāvisse			fōmentātum esse			—			fōmentātus
future perfect		—			fōmentātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		fōmentātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		fōmentandī		fōmentandō		fōmentandum		fōmentandō		fōmentātum		fōmentātū

Derived terms

• fōmentātiō

Etymology 2

Inflected form of fōmentum.

Noun

fōmentō

1. dative/ablative singular of fōmentum

References

• “fomento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fomento”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “fomentare”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /foˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈmẽ.tu/

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

Etymology

From Latin fomentum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /foˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈmẽ.tu/

• Rhymes: -eɾu, -ejɾu, -ɐjɾu
• Hyphenation: gra‧ba‧tei‧ro

Noun

fomento m (plural fomentos)

1. instigation, incitement
2. development, promotion or stimulation of activity

   Banco de Fomento ― Development Bank

   fomento do turismo ― promotion of tourism

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fomento

1. first-person singular present indicative of fomentar

Further reading

• “fomento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “fomento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin fōmentum.

Noun

fomento m (plural fomentos)

1. stimulus, animus, impulse
2. development, promotion, building (administrative action for promoting a useful result)

   Ministerio de Fomento ― Ministry of Development

3. (medicine) a wet cloth which is applied to the skin for medicinal purposes, usually accompanied by heat

Derived terms

• de fomento de la confianza (“confidnece-building”) (adj.)
• fomento de la capacidad (“capacity-building”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fomento

1. first-person singular present indicative of fomentar

Further reading

• “fomento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024