alentar
/alenˈtaɾ/ verb B2- to encourage, animate · Hay que alentarla un poco. She needs a little cheering up.· El oficial alentó a sus hombres. The officer encouraged his men.
- to gather up one's courage
- to recuperate; to recover from an illness.
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- alentar
- Gerund
- alentando
- Past participle
- alentado
- Present (yo)
- aliento
- Preterite (yo)
- alenté
An irregular verb: some of its forms don’t follow the rules, so learn them by heart.
From the library
Al sentir en tus labios un aliento
Me das tu aliento á beber?
de la honda fosa el blanquecino aliento.
Del viento del otoño el tibio aliento
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