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Meaning of alo | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2
[ˈa.ɫoː]

Definitions

  1. to feed, to nourish, to nurture
  2. to cultivate, to raise, to rear, etc. (as a child, an animal, etc.)
  3. to cause (a thing) to continue over time: to further, to maintain, to sustain
  4. to encourage or promote the development (of a thing): to foster, to further, to promote (something)

Conjugation

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Equivalents

Español mantener nutrir sostener sustentar
Gàidhlig cuir air adhart
עברית זן
हिन्दी पालना
Bahasa Indonesia asuh menginang
Kurdî nara nara
Latviešu audzināt barot
Te Reo Māori ukauka
Nederlands nader verder
Português adiante
Türkçe ilerletmek üste

Examples

“Hominum gratia generatur, aluntur bestiae.”

It is for the sake of man that beasts are bred.

“Fastīdientis stomachī est multa dēgustāre; quae ubi varia sunt et dīversa, inquinant nōn alunt.”

It is [the sign] of an overly delicate stomach [merely] to taste many [foods]; for when these are varied and different, they pollute rather than nourish. (Seneca’s diet metaphor: the effect of superficially reading too many authors.)

“Bellum sē ipsum alet.”

The war will further itself.

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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