Alentar means ‘to encourage’. It is a stem-changing -ar verb (e → ie): aliento (present), alenté (preterite), alentado (past participle), alentando (gerund).
Alentar in use
Mis profesores me alentaron a estudiar idiomasMy teachers encouraged me to study languages
La afición alienta al equipo durante todo el partidoThe fans cheer on the team throughout the match
Nuestra abuela siempre nos alentaba a leerOur grandmother always encouraged us to read
On this pageIndicative
Indicative
Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality
ending the ending you addstem letters that changehaber auxiliary
The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.
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