English-Spanish translations for foment

• fomentar
  Ahora desea fomentar un conflicto regional de poderes con Arabia Saudí, dominada por los suníes. Now it wishes to foment a proxy regional conflict with Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia.
  Precisamente por esta razón, este tema no debe utilizarse para fomentar la oposición o para atacar a partidos políticos. For precisely this reason, this issue must not be used to foment opposition or for party political attacks.
  Los yihadistas uigures también se han aprovechado del reciente malestar en el Tíbet para fomentar su propia violencia contra el Gobierno chino. Uighur jihadists have also exploited recent unrest in Tibet to foment their own violence against the Chinese Government.

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