peraltar

Spanish

Etymology

From peralto +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾalˈtaɾ/ [pe.ɾal̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pe‧ral‧tar

Verb

peraltar (first-person singular present peralto, first-person singular preterite peralté, past participle peraltado)

1. (transitive, architecture) to bank (a curve)
2. (transitive) to bank (form into a bank or heap)
3. (transitive, engineering) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of peraltar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			peraltar
gerund			peraltando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		peraltado		peraltada
		plural		peraltados		peraltadas
		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	peralto	peraltastú peraltásvos	peralta	peraltamos	peraltáis	peraltan
	imperfect	peraltaba	peraltabas	peraltaba	peraltábamos	peraltabais	peraltaban
	preterite	peralté	peraltaste	peraltó	peraltamos	peraltasteis	peraltaron
	future	peraltaré	peraltarás	peraltará	peraltaremos	peraltaréis	peraltarán
	conditional	peraltaría	peraltarías	peraltaría	peraltaríamos	peraltaríais	peraltarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	peralte	peraltestú peraltésvos2	peralte	peraltemos	peraltéis	peralten
	imperfect (ra)	peraltara	peraltaras	peraltara	peraltáramos	peraltarais	peraltaran
	imperfect (se)	peraltase	peraltases	peraltase	peraltásemos	peraltaseis	peraltasen
	future1	peraltare	peraltares	peraltare	peraltáremos	peraltareis	peraltaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		peraltatú peraltávos	peralte	peraltemos	peraltad	peralten
	negative		no peraltes	no peralte	no peraltemos	no peraltéis	no peralten

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

Further reading

• “peraltar”, 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