alertar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.lərˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.leɾˈtaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Verb

alertar (first-person singular present alerto, first-person singular preterite alertí, past participle alertat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. to alert

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alertar (first conjugation)

infinitive			alertar
gerund			alertant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		alertat		alertada
		plural		alertats		alertades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	alerto	alertes	alerta	alertem	alerteu	alerten
	imperfect	alertava	alertaves	alertava	alertàvem	alertàveu	alertaven
	future	alertaré	alertaràs	alertarà	alertarem	alertareu	alertaran
	preterite	alertí	alertares	alertà	alertàrem	alertàreu	alertaren
	conditional	alertaria	alertaries	alertaria	alertaríem	alertaríeu	alertarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	alerti	alertis	alerti	alertem	alerteu	alertin
	imperfect	alertés	alertessis	alertés	alertéssim	alertéssiu	alertessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	alerta	alerti	alertem	alerteu	alertin
	negative (no)	—	no alertis	no alerti	no alertem	no alerteu	no alertin

Further reading

• “alertar”, 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
• “alertar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “alertar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “alertar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.leʁˈta(ʁ)/ [a.lehˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.leʁˈta(ʁ)/ [a.lehˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.leɾˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.leʁˈta(ʁ)/ [a.leχˈta(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.leɻˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɨɾˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɨɾˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɨɾˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧ler‧tar

Verb

alertar (first-person singular present alerto, first-person singular preterite alertei, past participle alertado)

1. to alert

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alertar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	alertar
Personal	alertar	alertares	alertar	alertarmos	alertardes	alertarem
Gerund
	alertando
Past participle
Masculine	alertado			alertados
Feminine	alertada			alertadas
Indicative
Present	alerto	alertas	alerta	alertamos	alertais	alertam
Imperfect	alertava	alertavas	alertava	alertávamos	alertáveis	alertavam
Preterite	alertei	alertaste	alertou	alertamos1, alertámos2	alertastes	alertaram
Pluperfect	alertara	alertaras	alertara	alertáramos	alertáreis	alertaram
Future	alertarei	alertarás	alertará	alertaremos	alertareis	alertarão
Conditional	alertaria	alertarias	alertaria	alertaríamos	alertaríeis	alertariam
Subjunctive
Present	alerte	alertes	alerte	alertemos	alerteis	alertem
Imperfect	alertasse	alertasses	alertasse	alertássemos	alertásseis	alertassem
Future	alertar	alertares	alertar	alertarmos	alertardes	alertarem
Imperative
Affirmative		alerta	alerte	alertemos	alertai	alertem
Negative (não)		não alertes	não alerte	não alertemos	não alerteis	não alertem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “alertar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “alertar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From alerta (“alarm”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aleɾˈtaɾ/ [a.leɾˈt̪aɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ler‧tar

Verb

alertar (first-person singular present alerto, first-person singular preterite alerté, past participle alertado)

1. (transitive) to alert

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alertar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			alertar
gerund			alertando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		alertado		alertada
		plural		alertados		alertadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	alerto	alertastú alertásvos	alerta	alertamos	alertáis	alertan
	imperfect	alertaba	alertabas	alertaba	alertábamos	alertabais	alertaban
	preterite	alerté	alertaste	alertó	alertamos	alertasteis	alertaron
	future	alertaré	alertarás	alertará	alertaremos	alertaréis	alertarán
	conditional	alertaría	alertarías	alertaría	alertaríamos	alertaríais	alertarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	alerte	alertestú alertésvos2	alerte	alertemos	alertéis	alerten
	imperfect (ra)	alertara	alertaras	alertara	alertáramos	alertarais	alertaran
	imperfect (se)	alertase	alertases	alertase	alertásemos	alertaseis	alertasen
	future1	alertare	alertares	alertare	alertáremos	alertareis	alertaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		alertatú alertávos	alerte	alertemos	alertad	alerten
	negative		no alertes	no alerte	no alertemos	no alertéis	no alerten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of alertar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive alertar	dative	alertarme	alertarte	alertarle, alertarse	alertarnos	alertaros	alertarles, alertarse
	accusative	alertarme	alertarte	alertarlo, alertarla, alertarse	alertarnos	alertaros	alertarlos, alertarlas, alertarse
with gerund alertando	dative	alertándome	alertándote	alertándole, alertándose	alertándonos	alertándoos	alertándoles, alertándose
	accusative	alertándome	alertándote	alertándolo, alertándola, alertándose	alertándonos	alertándoos	alertándolos, alertándolas, alertándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative alerta	dative	alértame	alértate	alértale	alértanos	not used	alértales
	accusative	alértame	alértate	alértalo, alértala	alértanos	not used	alértalos, alértalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative alertá	dative	alertame	alertate	alertale	alertanos	not used	alertales
	accusative	alertame	alertate	alertalo, alertala	alertanos	not used	alertalos, alertalas
with formal second-person singular imperative alerte	dative	alérteme	not used	alértele, alértese	alértenos	not used	alérteles
	accusative	alérteme	not used	alértelo, alértela, alértese	alértenos	not used	alértelos, alértelas
with first-person plural imperative alertemos	dative	not used	alertémoste	alertémosle	alertémonos	alertémoos	alertémosles
	accusative	not used	alertémoste	alertémoslo, alertémosla	alertémonos	alertémoos	alertémoslos, alertémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative alertad	dative	alertadme	not used	alertadle	alertadnos	alertaos	alertadles
	accusative	alertadme	not used	alertadlo, alertadla	alertadnos	alertaos	alertadlos, alertadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative alerten	dative	alértenme	not used	alértenle	alértennos	not used	alértenles, alértense
	accusative	alértenme	not used	alértenlo, alértenla	alértennos	not used	alértenlos, alértenlas, alértense

Derived terms

• alertamiento

Related terms

• alerta

Further reading

• “alertar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025