alterar

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

1. Alternative form of alteriar

Borrowed from Latin alterāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

alterar (first-person singular present altero, first-person singular preterite alterí, past participle alterat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

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

• alteració

• “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.

From Latin alterāre.

alterar (first-person singular present altero, first-person singular preterite alterei, past participle alterado)

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

• alteración

• “alterar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

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”).

• IPA^(key): /al.teˈrar/

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 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

alterar

1. to alter

• alteration

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alterar

1. to alter

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		alterar			aver alterat
gerund		alterant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		alterat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	alteri	alteras	altera	alteram	alteratz	alteran
	imperfect	alteravi	alteravas	alterava	alteràvem	alteràvetz	alteravan
	preterite	alterèri	alterères	alterèt	alterèrem	alterèretz	alterèron
	future	alterarai	alteraràs	alterarà	alterarem	alteraretz	alteraràn
	conditional	alterariái	alterariás	alterariá	alterariam	alterariatz	alterarián
	conditional 2nd form1	alterèra	alterèras	alterèra	altereram	altereratz	alterèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	altere	alteres	altere	alterem	alteretz	alteren
	imperfect	alterèssi	alterèsses	alterèsse	alterèssem	alterèssetz	alterèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			altera		alterem	alteratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		alterar			aver alterat
gerund		alterant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		alterat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	altere	alteres	altera	alteram	alteratz	alteron
	imperfect	alterave	alteraves	alterava	alteraviam	alteraviatz	alteravon
	preterite	alterere	altereres	alteret	alterem	alteretz	altereron
	future	alterarai	alteraràs	alterará	alterarem	alteraretz	alterarán
	conditional	alterariá	alterariás	alterariá	alterariam	alterariatz	alterarián
	conditional 2nd form1	alterèra	alterèras	alterèra	altereram	altereratz	alterèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	altere	alteres	altere	alterassiam	alterassiatz	alteron
	imperfect	alteresse	alteresses	alteresse	alteressiam	alteressiatz	alteresson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			altera		alterassiam	alteratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		alterar			aver alterat
gerund		alterant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		alterat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	alteri	alteras	altera	alteram	alteratz	alteran
	imperfect	alteravi	alteravas	alterava	alteràvam	alteràvatz	alteravan
	preterite	alterèi	alterès	alterè	alterèm	alterètz	alterèn
	future	alterarèi	alteraràs	alterarà	alteraram	alteraratz	alteraràn
	conditional	alterarí	alterarés	alteraré	alterarem	alteraretz	alterarén
	conditional 2nd form1	alterèra	alterèras	alterèra	altereram	altereratz	alterèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	alteri	alteres	altere	alterem	alteretz	alteren
	imperfect	alterèssi	alterèsses	alterèsse	alterèssem	alterèssetz	alterèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			altera		alterem	alteratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		alterar			aver alterat
gerund		alterant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		alterat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	altere	alteras	altera	alteram	alteratz	alteran
	imperfect	alterava	alteravas	alterava	alteràvam	alteràvatz	alteravan
	preterite	alterei	altereras	alteret	alterèram	alterèratz	altereran
	future	alterarai	alteraràs	alterará	alterarem	alteraretz	alterarán
	conditional	alterariá	alterariàs	alterariá	alterariam	alterariatz	alterarián
	conditional 2nd form1	alterèra	alterèras	alterèra	altereram	altereratz	alterèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	altere	alteres	altere	alterem	alteretz	alteren
	imperfect	alterèsse	alterèsses	alterèsse	alterèssem	alterèssetz	alterèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			altera		alterem	alteratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		alterar			aver alterat
gerund		alterant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		alterat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	altere	alteres	altera	alteram	alteratz	alteran
	imperfect	alteravi	alteravas	alterava	alteràvem	alteràvetz	alteravan
	preterite	alterère	alterères	alterèt	altereriam	altereriatz	alterèron
	future	alterarai	alteraràs	alterarà	alterarem	alteraretz	alteraràn
	conditional	alterariáu	alterariás	alterariá	alterariam	alterariatz	alterarián
	conditional 2nd form1	alterèra	alterèras	alterèra	altereram	altereratz	alterèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	altere	alteres	altere	alterem	alteretz	alteran
	imperfect	alterèsse	alterèsses	alterèsse	alteressiam	alteressiatz	alterèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			altera		alterem	alteratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

• alteracion

Borrowed from Latin alterāre.

• Hyphenation: al‧te‧rar

alterar (first-person singular present altero, first-person singular preterite alterei, past participle alterado)

1. to alter, change

For quotations using this term, see Citations:alterar.

• alteração
• outro

• “alterar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Borrowed from Latin alterāre.

• IPA^(key): /alteˈɾaɾ/

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: al‧te‧rar

alterar (first-person singular present altero, first-person singular preterite alteré, past participle alterado)

1. (transitive) to alter, to change

   Synonyms: cambiar, modificar, mudar

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

• “alterar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10