English-Portuguese translations for foment

• fomentar
  Agora deseja fomentar um conflito regional desse tipo com a Arábia Saudita dominada pelos sunitas. Now it wishes to foment a proxy regional conflict with Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia.
  Não estamos a fomentar uma revolução. We are not fomenting revolution.
  Precisamente por essa razão, esta questão não deve ser utilizada para fomentar a oposição ou ataques partidários. For precisely this reason, this issue must not be used to foment opposition or for party political attacks.

Definition of foment

• To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate
• To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge
• Fomentation

Examples

• He was arrested for fomenting a riot; after all, its bad enough being in a riot but starting one is much worse.
• Foreign governments have tried to foment unrest.

Related words

• fomentation
• infomercial
• infomediary
• infomediation
• Fomenko