# alerta
## Catalan
### Verb

alerta
* inflection of alertar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## French
### Verb

alerta
* third-person singular past historic of alerter

### Anagrams

* relata, relâta, talera

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From Italian all'erta (“to the height”), from erta (“lookout, tower”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈlɛʁ.tɐ/ [aˈlɛh.tɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈlɛʁ.tɐ/ [aˈlɛh.tɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /aˈlɛɾ.tɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /aˈlɛʁ.tɐ/ [aˈlɛχ.tɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈlɛɻ.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /aˈlɛɾ.tɐ/
* Hyphenation: a‧ler‧ta

#### Adjective

alerta m or f (plural alertas)
* alert (attentive)
    Synonyms: atencioso, cuidadoso, cauteloso

##### Derived terms

* alertamente
* alerteza

#### Adverb

alerta
* alertly (with alertness)

#### Noun

alerta m (plural alertas)
* warning

##### Derived terms

* alertar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈlɛʁ.tɐ/ [aˈlɛh.tɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈlɛʁ.tɐ/ [aˈlɛh.tɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /aˈlɛɾ.tɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /aˈlɛʁ.tɐ/ [aˈlɛχ.tɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈlɛɻ.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈlɛɾ.tɐ/
* Hyphenation: a‧ler‧ta

#### Verb

alerta
* inflection of alertar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French alerter.

### Verb

a alerta (third-person singular present alertează, past participle alertat) 1st conjugation
* to alert

#### Conjugation
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈleɾta/ [aˈleɾ.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -eɾta
* Syllabification: a‧ler‧ta

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian all'erta (“to the height”), from erta (“lookout, tower”).

#### Adjective

alerta m or f (masculine and feminine plural alertas)
* alert, vigilant
    Synonyms: listo, vigilante

##### Derived terms

* alertamente

#### Adverb

alerta
* alertly
    Synonym: (rare) alertamente

##### Related terms

* alertar

#### Noun

alerta f (plural alertas)
* alarm
    Synonym: alarma

##### Derived terms

* alertita
* prealerta

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

alerta
* inflection of alertar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “alerta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Adjective

alerta
* inflection of alert:
** definite singular
** plural

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alerta, from Italian all'erta (“to the height”). Doublet of alerto.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔaˈleɾta/ [ʔɐˈlɛɾ.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -eɾta
* Syllabification: a‧ler‧ta

### Noun

alerta (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜇ᜔ᜆ)
* (military) watchword (a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard)
    Synonyms: kontrasenyas, senyal, hudyat

#### Related terms

* alerto
* ereksiyon
* erektil
* erektor

### Adjective

alerta (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜇ᜔ᜆ)
* feminine of alerto

### Further reading

* “alerta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 32
* Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 23