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fomentar

/fomenˈtaɾ/ verb B2
  1. to foster, encourage, promote, advance
  2. to feed, nourish
  3. to provide
  4. to apply a poultice
  5. to foment (excite)
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Verb forms

Infinitive
fomentar
Gerund
fomentando
Past participle
fomentado
Present (yo)
fomento
Preterite (yo)
fomenté

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En una edad en que la pereza y las distracciones hallan tantas ocasiones de asaltar la voluntad, ¿qué mal hay en fomentar la emulación y hasta la vanidad misma?
Recuerdos de mi vida: Mi infancia y juventud, p. 90 · C1
Tales aficiones fomentaron mis sentimientos de clemencia hacia los animales.
Recuerdos de mi vida: Mi infancia y juventud, p. 29 · C1

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