English-Spanish Dictionary
Spanish Translation of “alternating”
Similar Words
= interchanging, changing, shifting, swinging, rotating, fluctuating, occurring by turns, oscillating, vacillating, seesawing
alternate
Translations
adjective
(ɒlˈtɜːnɪt
) - (= alternating)
alterno
⇒alternate layers of cheese and potatoes
capas alternas de queso y patatas
⇒we had a week of alternate rain and sunshine
tuvimos una semana en la que se alternaron el sol y las lluvias
⇒let's read alternate lines
vamos a leer cada uno un renglón
- (= every second) ⇒
on alternate days
cada dos días
,un día sí y otro no
⇒he lives alternate months in Brussels and London
vive un mes en Bruselas y uno en Londres
⇒to write on alternate lines
escribir en renglones alternos
- (botany, mathematics)
alterno
- (US) = alternativeadjective
noun
(ɒlˈtɜːnɪt
) (US)
- (sport)
- (at conference)
suplente masculine and feminine
- (at conference)
intransitive verb
(ˈɒltɜːneɪt
) alternar
⇒an annual cycle of drought alternating with floods
un ciclo anual de sequías alternando con inundaciones
⇒the temperatures alternate between very hot and extremely cold
las temperaturas oscilan entre un calor y un frío intensos
⇒he alternates between euphoria and depression
pasa de la euforia a la depresión y vice versa
⇒they alternate between avoiding us and ignoring us
unas veces nos evitan y otras nos ignoran
transitive verb
(ˈɒltɜːneɪt
) alternar
Similar Words
= interchange, change, alter, fluctuate, intersperse, take turns, oscillate, chop and change, follow one another, follow in turn
= every other, every second
= alternative, unusual, abnormal, irregular, unconventional, off-the-wall, unorthodox, heterodox, uncustomary
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