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alta
noun, feminine
certificate of discharge (from a hospital); entry into a profession or organization; tax declaration, tax return
alta costura
noun, feminine
haute couture
alta danza
noun, feminine
saltarello
alta fidelidad
noun, feminine
high fidelity (electronic system)
alta gama
noun, feminine
high-end
alta mar
noun, feminine
open sea, high seas (regions of ocean far from shore)
alta montaña
noun, feminine
high-altitude mountain
alta tecnología
noun, feminine
high tech
alta tensión
noun, feminine
high tension
alta traición
noun, feminine
high treason (criminal disloyalty to one's country)
altaico
adjective
Altaic
altamar
noun, feminine
alternative spelling of alta mar
altamente
adverb
highly (extremely)
altamirense
noun, masculine/feminine
native or inhabitant of the city of Altamira or surrounding municipality, Tamaulipas, Mexico
altamirense
adjective
of, from or relating to the city of Altamira or surrounding municipality, Tamaulipas, Mexico
altanero
adjective
arrogant, haughty
altanería
noun, feminine
haughtiness, arrogance
altar
noun, masculine
altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites); stone that separates the firebox from the hearth in reverberatory furnaces
altar mayor
noun, masculine
high altar
altas esferas
noun, feminine
upper echelons
altas horas
noun, feminine
small hours; the very early morning, just after midnight, when most people are asleep, ungodly hours
altavoz
noun, masculine
loudspeaker, speaker (an electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound); loudspeaker, speaker enclosure, speaker cabinet (an encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices and usually other electrical equipment such as a driver); speakerphone, speaker (a loudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound, to use handsfree)
altazimutal
adjective
altazimuth
altear
verb
to raise, to erect; to tell someone to stop
altense
noun, masculine/feminine
native or inhabitant of Los Altos
altense
adjective
of, from or relating to Los Altos
alter ego
noun, masculine
alter ego (alternate personality or persona)
alterabilidad
noun, feminine
alterability
alterable
adjective
alterable
alteración
noun, feminine
alteration; altercation, quarrel
alterado
adjective
upset, angry; corrupted, altered
alterador
noun, masculine
alterer
alterador
adjective
alterative
to alter, to change; to upset; to get angry, upset
altercación
noun, feminine
altercation
altercado
noun, masculine
altercation
to dispute, argue, quarrel
alteridad
noun, feminine
alterity, otherness
altermundialista
noun, masculine/feminine
alter-globalist
altermundismo
noun, masculine
alter-globalization
altermundista
noun, masculine/feminine
alter-globalist
alternabilidad
noun, feminine
the possibility of rotation of power in a political regime
alternación
noun, feminine
alternation
alternately
alternador
noun, masculine
alternator (an electric generator which produces alternating current)
alternancia
noun, feminine
alternation (the reciprocal succession of two things)
code-switching (phenomenon of alternating between two or more languages)
alternante
adjective
alternating
to alternate; to interact, communicate, hang out, socialize
alternativa
noun, feminine
alternative, option; alternation; ceremony in which a novillero becomes a matador for the first time, when the padrino allows him to make his first kill
alternatively
alternatividad
noun, feminine
alternativity
alternativo
adjective
alternative
alterne
noun, masculine
socializing, hanging out
alterno
adjective
alternate, alternative
altero
noun, masculine
a pile, stack
alteza
noun, feminine
highness (the state of being high); height, stature; Highness
alteza de miras
noun, feminine
synonym of altura de miras
alteño
adjective
someone from El Alto, Bolivia
alteño
noun, masculine
native or inhabitant of El Alto (usually male)