alterar

alterar (first-person singular indicative present altero, past participle alteráu)

1. alternative form of alteriar

Borrowed from Latin alterāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əl.təˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [al.teˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

alterar (first-person singular present altero, first-person singular preterite alterí, past participle alterat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. to alter
2. to upset
3. (reflexive) to become upset

• alteració

• “alterar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “alterar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “alterar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “alterar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin alterāre.

alterar (first-person singular present altero, first-person singular preterite alterei, past participle alterado)

1. to alter
2. to upset, to anger
3. (reflexive) to become upset or angry

• alteración

• “alterar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Borrowed from English alter, French altérer, German alterieren, Italian alterare, Spanish alterar, from Latin alterō (“I change, alter”), from alter (“the other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élteros (“the other of two”).

• IPA^(key): /al.teˈrar/

alterar (present tense alteras, past tense alteris, future tense alteros, imperative alterez, conditional alterus)

1. (transitive) to alter (modify the nature or quality of a thing, generally for the worse)
2. (transitive) to spoil, debase (currency), corrupt (language)

alterar

1. to alter

• alteration

alterar

1. to alter

• alteracion

Borrowed from Latin alterāre.

• Hyphenation: al‧te‧rar

alterar (first-person singular present altero, first-person singular preterite alterei, past participle alterado)

1. to alter, change

For quotations using this term, see Citations:alterar.

• alteração
• outro

• “alterar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Borrowed from Latin alterāre.

• IPA^(key): /alteˈɾaɾ/ [al̪.t̪eˈɾaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: al‧te‧rar

alterar (first-person singular present altero, first-person singular preterite alteré, past participle alterado)

1. (transitive) to alter, to change

   Synonyms: cambiar, modificar, mudar

2. (transitive) to upset
3. (reflexive) to get angry, upset

• “alterar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024