Sign up
Login

alerta

/aˈleɾta/, [aˈleɾ.t̪a]

alert

Adjective alerta (plural alertas)

  1. alert, vigilant

Noun alerta f (plural alertas)

  1. alarm

Adverb alerta

  1. alertly

Verb alerta

  1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) present indicative form of alertar.
  2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of alertar.

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • ¡Alerta! Tom, abre los ojos, algo está pasando en la playa.

    Alert! Tom, open your eyes, something is going on at the beach.

    Source

  • Deberías estar alerta cuando haces negocios con desconocidos.

    You should be on your guard when doing business with strangers.

    Source

  • El Centro de Alerta de Tsunamis del Pacífico ha publicado una alerta de tsunami después de que un terremoto de magnitud 8,3 sacudiera la costa de Chile.

    The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has issued a tsunami warning after an 8.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Chile.

    Source

  • La situación nos tiene a todos en alerta.

    The situation has got us all on alert.

    Source

  • Trata de permanecer alerta.

    Try and stay alert.

    Source

  • Debemos estar alerta a los peligros.

    We must be alert to dangers.

    Source

  • Yo estaba en alerta por un criminal prófugo.

    I was on the alert for a fugitive criminal.

    Source

  • Mantente alerta.

    Keep your ears open.

    Source

  • La noticia del accidente provocó alerta pública.

    The news of the accident caused public alarm.

    Source

  • Permanece en alerta. La orden de evacuación podría darse en cualquier momento.

    Be on alert. The evacuation order may occur at any moment.

    Source

See more examples

Want to learn Spanish?

Fill in the missing word for thousands of sentences in Spanish. Sign up and play for free!

  • Practice Spanish vocabulary in context.
  • Rapidly improve your Spanish listening skills with listening mode and Cloze-Listening.
  • Pick from dozen of collections at your level - 100 Most Common Words, the Fluency Fast Track, and more.
  • Score points for correct answers and compete with other players on the leaderboards.
  • Spaced-repetition helps you remember what you learn faster and more efficiently.
  • Keep practicing anytime, anyplace with the Clozemaster mobile apps on iOS and Android.

Get in the game!

Sign up Sign in
Get Clozemaster Pro!

Full access to everything on Clozemaster, no ads, and all the extras you need to take your Spanish skills to the next level.

Get fluent faster.

Get Pro today!
Add Sentence to Collection

Clozemaster Pro subscribers can create and play their own custom collections of cloze-sentences.

Take control of your learning. Get fluent faster.

Get Pro Today!