alert [əˈlɜːt]
adjective
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)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
1. (watchful)
2. (mentally acute)
a. despierto
I'm not alert until I have my daily cup of coffee.No estoy despierto hasta que me tomo mi taza diaria de café.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
3. (surveillance)
a. la alerta (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The police are on the alert for the two men who attacked our neighbor.La policía está en alerta por dos hombres que atacaron a nuestra vecina.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
4. (to warn)
a. alertar
She alerted the fire marshal to the potential hazards in the building.Alertó al jefe de bomberos de los peligros potenciales del edificio.
b. poner sobre aviso
He alerted the police that the wanted man was hiding in the woods.Puso sobre aviso a la policía de que el hombre que buscaban se escondía en el bosque.
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alertNounadjectivetransitive verb
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (general)
a. la alerta(F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
to be on the alertestar alerta
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
2. (mind)
a. lúcido(a)
to be alertestar alerta or vigilante
to be alert to somethingser consciente de algo
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
3. (general)
a. alertar
he alerted them to the dangerlos alertó del peligro
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