alterar

Asturian

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of alteriar

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin alterāre.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

alterar (first-person singular present altero, first-person singular preterite alterí, past participle alterat)

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

Related terms

• alteració

Further reading

• “alterar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “alterar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin alterāre.

Verb

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

Related terms

• alteración

Further reading

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

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Ido

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.teˈrar/

Verb

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)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alterar

		present		past		future
infinitive		alterar		alterir		alteror
tense		alteras		alteris		alteros
conditional		alterus
imperative		alterez
adjective active participle		alteranta		alterinta		alteronta
adverbial active participle		alterante		alterinte		alteronte
nominal active participle	singular	alteranto		alterinto		alteronto
	plural	alteranti		alterinti		alteronti
adjective passive participle		alterata		alterita		alterota
adverbial passive participle		alterate		alterite		alterote
nominal passive participle	singular	alterato		alterito		alteroto
	plural	alterati		alteriti		alteroti

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aw.te.ˈɾa(ʁ)/

Etymology

From Latin alterāre.

Verb

1. to alter, change

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:alterar.

Related terms

• alteração

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin alterāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alteˈɾaɾ/ [al̪.t̪eˈɾaɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive) to alter, to change

   Synonyms: cambiar, modificar, mudar

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

Derived terms

• alterable
• alterado

Related terms

• alteración

Further reading

• “alterar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014