alterno
Spanish, adjective
alterno is a Spanish adjective meaning “alternate, alternative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of alternar. With an accent, alternó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of alternar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Alternado (que ocurre con alternación)”.
What does alterno mean in English?
adjective
- 1
alternate, alternative
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of alternar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of alternar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Alternado (que ocurre con alternación). 2. Dicho de los días: uno sí y otro no. 3. Dícese de las hojas de las plantas que, por su situación en el tallo o en la rama, corresponden al espacio que media entre una y otra del lado opuesto. 4. Dícese también de otros órganos de las plantas que se hallan en la situación indicada.
noun: 1. Escuela pública que comparte el local en turnos alternados.
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 alterno
- alterna feminine
- alternos masculine plural
- alternas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to alterno
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alterno in Spanish?
alterno appears 1.3 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).