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alternante

Spanish, adjective/alteɾˈnante/

alternante is spelled A-L-T-E-R-N-A-N-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 125,209th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alternante is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “alternating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que alterna”.

What does alternante mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinealternating

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que alterna.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of alternante

  • alternantes feminine masculine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce alternante?

  • /alteɾˈnante/
  • [al̪.t̪eɾˈnãn̪.t̪e]
  • [al̪t̪eɾˈnãn̪t̪e]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to alternante

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is alternante in Spanish?

alternante appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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