fomentar

Meaning

1. to foster, encourage, promote, advance
2. to feed, nourish
3. to provide
4. to apply a poultice
5. to foment (excite)

Concepts

foment

advance

boost

stir up

encourage

further

promote

foster

supercharge

instigate

patronize

sponsor

warm

breed cattle

increase

make bigger

multiply

agitate

countenance

stimulate

Hyphenated as

fo‧men‧tar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fomenˈtaɾ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin fōmentāre, from Latin fōmentum (“lotion”), from fovēre (“heat, cherish”).

Sentences

El objetivo inicial era fomentar las ciencias zoológicas y botánicas .

The initial objective was to encourage zoological and botanical sciences.