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alterar
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Aragonese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
alterar
- (transitive) to alter
Conjugation
Conjugation of alterar (first conjugation)
References
- “alterar”, in Aragonario, diccionario aragonés–castellano (in Spanish)
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Asturian
Verb
alterar (first-person singular indicative present altero, past participle alteráu)
- alternative form of alteriar
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
alterar (first-person singular present altero, first-person singular preterite alterí, past participle alterat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
Conjugation
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Further reading
- “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.
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Galician
Etymology
Verb
alterar (first-person singular present altero, first-person singular preterite alterei, past participle alterado)
Conjugation
1Less recommended.
Related terms
Further reading
- “alterar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
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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
Verb
alterar (present tense alteras, past tense alteris, future tense alteros, imperative alterez, conditional alterus)
- (transitive) to alter (modify the nature or quality of a thing, generally for the worse)
- (transitive) to spoil, debase (currency), corrupt (language)
Conjugation
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Interlingua
Verb
alterar
- to alter
Conjugation
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Occitan
Pronunciation
Verb
alterar
- to alter
Conjugation
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Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
alterar (first-person singular present altero, first-person singular preterite alterei, past participle alterado)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:alterar.
Related terms
Further reading
- “alterar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “alterar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “alterar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
alterar (first-person singular present altero, first-person singular preterite alteré, past participle alterado)
- (transitive) to alter, to change
- (transitive) to upset
- (reflexive) to get angry, upset
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
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Further reading
- “alterar”, 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
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