alerta

See also: alertá and alertà

Catalan

Pronunciation

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Verb

alerta

1. inflection of alertar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

French

Verb

alerta

1. third-person singular past historic of alerter

Anagrams

• relata, relâta, talera

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Italian all'erta (“to the height”), from erta (“lookout, tower”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlɛʁ.tɐ/ [aˈlɛh.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlɛʁ.tɐ/ [aˈlɛh.tɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aˈlɛɾ.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈlɛʁ.tɐ/ [aˈlɛχ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlɛɻ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aˈlɛɾ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧ler‧ta

Adjective

alerta m or f (plural alertas)

1. alert (attentive)

   Synonyms: atencioso, cuidadoso, cauteloso

Derived terms

• alertamente
• alerteza

Adverb

alerta

1. alertly (with alertness)

Noun

alerta m (plural alertas)

1. warning

Derived terms

• alertar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlɛʁ.tɐ/ [aˈlɛh.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlɛʁ.tɐ/ [aˈlɛh.tɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aˈlɛɾ.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈlɛʁ.tɐ/ [aˈlɛχ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlɛɻ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈlɛɾ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧ler‧ta

Verb

alerta

1. inflection of alertar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “alerta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “alerta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French alerter.

Verb

a alerta (third-person singular present alertează, past participle alertat) 1st conjugation

1. to alert

Conjugation

    conjugation of alerta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a alerta
gerund			alertând
past participle			alertat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	alertez	alertezi	alertează	alertăm	alertați	alertează
	imperfect	alertam	alertai	alerta	alertam	alertați	alertau
	simple perfect	alertai	alertași	alertă	alertarăm	alertarăți	alertară
	pluperfect	alertasem	alertaseși	alertase	alertaserăm	alertaserăți	alertaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să alertez	să alertezi	să alerteze	să alertăm	să alertați	să alerteze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		alertează			alertați
	negative		nu alerta			nu alertați

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈleɾta/ [aˈleɾ.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eɾta
• Syllabification: a‧ler‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian all'erta (“to the height”), from erta (“lookout, tower”).

Adjective

alerta m or f (masculine and feminine plural alertas)

1. alert, vigilant

   Synonyms: listo, vigilante

Derived terms

• alertamente

Adverb

alerta

1. alertly

   Synonym: (rare) alertamente

Related terms

• alertar

Noun

alerta f (plural alertas)

1. alarm

   Synonym: alarma

Derived terms

• alertita
• prealerta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

alerta

1. inflection of alertar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “alerta”, 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

Swedish

Adjective

alerta

1. inflection of alert:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alerta, from Italian all'erta (“to the height”). Doublet of alerto.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈleɾta/ [ʔɐˈlɛɾ.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -eɾta
• Syllabification: a‧ler‧ta

Noun

alerta (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜇ᜔ᜆ)

1. (military) watchword (a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard)

   Synonyms: kontrasenyas, senyal, hudyat

Related terms

• alerto
• ereksiyon
• erektil
• erektor

Adjective

alerta (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜇ᜔ᜆ)

1. feminine of alerto

Further reading

• “alerta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973), Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 32
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 23