alimentarse

alimentarse

► verbo pronominal

1 to live (de/con, on)

■ se alimenta de patatas he lives on potatoes

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1) to eat

2) feed

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VPR

1) [animal] to feed

se alimentan de carroña — they feed on carrion

2) [persona]

en este país se alimentan fatal — people eat very poorly in this country

se alimenta solo de productos naturales — she eats only natural foods

durante el naufragio se alimentaron solo de fruta — while shipwrecked they lived o survived on fruit

3) (Mec)

el motor se alimenta de gasoil — the engine runs on diesel

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(v.) = graze (on)

Ex. Whereas, before, the land was dense with stately white pines, now apple, plum, pear, peach, and cherry orchards stood in regimented rows and cattle grazed peacefully.

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(v.) = graze (on)

Ex: Whereas, before, the land was dense with stately white pines, now apple, plum, pear, peach, and cherry orchards stood in regimented rows and cattle grazed peacefully.

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■alimentarse verbo reflexivo to feed (oneself) [de, on]
'alimentarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alimentar
- mantener
English:
feed
- live off
- live on
- prey on
- live
- prey

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vpr

[comer]

alimentarse de to live on;

sólo se alimenta de verduras she lives on nothing but vegetables;

la calculadora se alimenta con dos pilas the calculator is powered by two batteries

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alimentarse

v/r feed o.s.;

alimentarse de algo de persona, animal live on sth; de máquina run on sth

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vr

alimentarse con : to live on

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alimentarse vb to live

los refugiados se alimentaban de patatas y tomates the refugees lived on potatoes and tomatoes