alentar
Meanings
Verb
1. to encourage, animate (transitive)
2. to gather up one's courage (reflexive)
3. to recuperate; to recover from an illness. (colloquial, intransitive, pronominal, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Chile)
4. to slow down, become slow (Latin America)
5. to become or behave as a shy, shameful or fearful person (Mexico, reflexive)
Examples17
El oficial alentó a sus hombres.
The officer encouraged his men.
Hay que alentarla un poco.
She needs a little cheering up.
Alenté a Tom a ser él mismo.
I encouraged Tom to be himself.
¿A quién están alentando?
Who are they cheering for?
Tom está alentando a sus estudiantes.
Tom is encouraging his students.
El oficial alentó a sus hombres.
The officer encouraged his men.