alternativa
Spanish, noun/alteɾnaˈtiba/
alternativa is spelled A-L-T-E-R-N-A-T-I-V-A (11 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,389th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alternativa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “alternative, option” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of alternativo. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o derecho que tiene cualquier persona o comunidad para hacer alguna cosa o disfrutar de ella…”.
What does alternativa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative, option
- 2
femininealternation
- 3
feminineceremony in which a novillero becomes a matador for the first time, when the padrino allows him to make his first kill
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of alternativo
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o derecho que tiene cualquier persona o comunidad para hacer alguna cosa o disfrutar de ella alternando con otros. 2. Servicio hecho por turno entre dos ó más personas. 3. Elección y opción entre dos cosas. 4. Sucesión de las cosas que cambian mutuamente.
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 alternativa
- alternativas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alternativa?
- /alteɾnaˈtiba/
- [al̪.t̪eɾ.naˈt̪i.β̞a]
- [al̪t̪eɾnaˈt̪iβ̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alternativa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alternativa in Spanish?
alternativa appears 35 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).