alterno

See also: alternó and alternò

Catalan

Verb

alterno

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of alternar

Italian

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɛrno

Adjective

alterno (feminine singular alterna, masculine plural alterni, feminine plural alterne)

  1. alternate, alternating, every other
  2. (mathematics, botany) alternate

Verb

alterno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of alternare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From alternus (“one after the other, alternate”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /alˈter.noː/, [aɫˈtɛr.noː]

Verb

alternō (present infinitive alternāre, perfect active alternāvī, supine alternātum); first conjugation

  1. I do one thing and then another, do by turns, interchange, alternate.
  2. I hesitate, vacillate.

Inflection
   Conjugation of alterno (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present alternō alternās alternat alternāmus alternātis alternant
imperfect alternābam alternābās alternābat alternābāmus alternābātis alternābant
future alternābō alternābis alternābit alternābimus alternābitis alternābunt
perfect alternāvī alternāvistī alternāvit alternāvimus alternāvistis alternāvērunt, alternāvēre
pluperfect alternāveram alternāverās alternāverat alternāverāmus alternāverātis alternāverant
future perfect alternāverō alternāveris alternāverit alternāverimus alternāveritis alternāverint
passive present alternor alternāris, alternāre alternātur alternāmur alternāminī alternantur
imperfect alternābar alternābāris, alternābāre alternābātur alternābāmur alternābāminī alternābantur
future alternābor alternāberis, alternābere alternābitur alternābimur alternābiminī alternābuntur
perfect alternātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect alternātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect alternātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present alternem alternēs alternet alternēmus alternētis alternent
imperfect alternārem alternārēs alternāret alternārēmus alternārētis alternārent
perfect alternāverim alternāverīs alternāverit alternāverimus alternāveritis alternāverint
pluperfect alternāvissem alternāvissēs alternāvisset alternāvissēmus alternāvissētis alternāvissent
passive present alterner alternēris, alternēre alternētur alternēmur alternēminī alternentur
imperfect alternārer alternārēris, alternārēre alternārētur alternārēmur alternārēminī alternārentur
perfect alternātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect alternātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — alternā — — alternāte —
future — alternātō alternātō — alternātōte alternantō
passive present — alternāre — — alternāminī —
future — alternātor alternātor — — alternantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives alternāre alternāvisse alternātūrus esse alternārī alternātus esse alternātum īrī
participles alternāns — alternātūrus — alternātus alternandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
alternāre alternandī alternandō alternandum alternātum alternātū

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • alterno in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • alterno in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • alterno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Verb

alterno

  1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of alternar

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /alˈterno/, [al̪ˈt̪erno]
  • Rhymes: -eɾno

Etymology 1

From Latin alternus.

Adjective

alterno (feminine singular alterna, masculine plural alternos, feminine plural alternas)

  1. alternate, alternative
    Synonym: alternativo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

alterno

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of alternar.

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