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alterne

Spanish, noun

alterne is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “socializing, hanging out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of alternar. With an accent, alterné is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of alternar”.

What does alterne mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesocializing, hanging out

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-person singular imperative

verb

as alterné
  1. 1

    first-person singular preterite indicative of alternar

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

Forms of alterne

  • alternes plural

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

How common is alterne in Spanish?

alterne appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.

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