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alternativa

feminine noun

1. alternative (opción)

2. = ceremony in which bullfighter shares the kill with his novice, accepting him as a professional

alternativa [al-te-nah-tee’-vah]

noun

1. Alternative, choice of two things. (f)

2. The right of archbishops and bishops to dispose of prebends and benefices alternately with the Pope in their dioceses. (f)

3. Alternation (Sucesión); shift work (trabajo). (f)

4. Ceremony by which a novice becomes a fully-qualified bullfighter. (f)

adjective

1. Alternate.

noun

2. Rotation of crops. (m)

alternativa

1 (opción) alternative; option; choice

no tener alternativa to have no alternative o option o choice; tomar una alternativa to make a choice

2 (sucesión) alternation; (trabajo) shift work; work done in relays

alternativa de cosechas crop rotation

3 (Taur) ceremony by which a novice becomes a fully qualified bullfighter

tomar la alternativa to become a fully qualified bullfighter

4 alternativas (en actitud) ups and downs; vicissitudes; fluctuations

las alternativas de la política the ups and downs o vicissitudes of politics

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