alternado
Portuguese, adjective/aw.teʁˈna.du/
alternado is spelled A-L-T-E-R-N-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 65,361st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alternado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “alternate (being or succeeding by turns)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of alternar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que vem ou acontece em turnos, um depois do outro”.
What does alternado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
alternate (being or succeeding by turns)
verb
- 1
past participle of alternar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que vem ou acontece em turnos, um depois do outro
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alternado
- alternada feminine
- alternados masculine plural
- alternadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alternado?
- Brazil /aw.teʁˈna.du/
- Brazil [aʊ̯.teɦˈna.du]
- /aw.teɾˈna.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alternado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alternado in Portuguese?
alternado appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).