alimentación

Spanish

Etymology

From alimentar (“to feed”).

Pronunciation

(Castilian) IPA^(key): /alimentaˈθjon/, [alimẽn̪t̪aˈθjõn]

(Latin America) IPA^(key): /alimentaˈsjon/, [alimẽn̪t̪aˈsjõn]
Rhymes: -on

Noun

alimentación f (plural alimentaciones)

feeding (an instance of giving food)
feeding (an instance of eating)
food; diet (the food and beverage a person or animal consumes)
supply, input (of a resource into a mechanical process)

Derived terms

agroalimentación

Further reading

“alimentación” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.