Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | alimento | |
| tú | alimentas | |
| él / ella / usted | alimenta | |
| nosotros / nosotras | alimentamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | alimentáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | alimentan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | alimenté | |
| tú | alimentaste | |
| él / ella / usted | alimentó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | alimentamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | alimentasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | alimentaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | alimentaba | |
| tú | alimentabas | |
| él / ella / usted | alimentaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | alimentábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | alimentabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | alimentaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | alimentaré | |
| tú | alimentarás | |
| él / ella / usted | alimentará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | alimentaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | alimentaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | alimentarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | alimentaría | |
| tú | alimentarías | |
| él / ella / usted | alimentaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | alimentaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | alimentaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | alimentarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | alimente | |
| tú | alimentes | |
| él / ella / usted | alimente | |
| nosotros / nosotras | alimentemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | alimentéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | alimenten |
Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.
Meaning & usage
- (reflexive) to feed (give food to eat)
- to feed into, reinforce.
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Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations