alentar — meaning in English

English meaning

• encourage verb To give someone confidence, support, or hope.
• foster verb To raise or care for a child who is not biologically one's own.
• hearten verb To give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to.
• inhale verb To breathe air or another substance into the lungs.

Senses

alentar is used for these senses in English:

• encourage To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
• encourage To spur on, strongly recommend.
• foster (transitive) To promote the development of something; to cultivate and grow a thing.
• hearten (transitive) To give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to.
• inhale (intransitive) To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
• warm up (transitive) To make (an audience) enthusiastic or animated before a show.

foster — full definition

1. verb To raise or care for a child who is not biologically one's own.
2. verb To help something grow or develop, such as a skill, relationship, or idea.
3. adj Describing a family relationship based on care rather than blood, as in foster parent or foster child.

Related Spanish words