altérer

altérer [alteʀe]

➭ TABLE 6

1. transitive verb

   a. ( = abîmer) to affect

   b. ( = modifier) to alter

   c. ( = falsifier) to falsify ; [+ vin, aliments] to adulterate

2. reflexive verb

► s'altérer [vin] to become spoiled ; [viande] to go bad ; [visage] to change ; [relations] to deteriorate

• sa santé s'altère de plus en plus his health is getting worse and worse

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alteʀe
1.

verbe transitif

1) (détériorer) to affect [saveur, relation, santé]; to spoil [denrée]; to mar [joie]; to alter [sentiment]; to change [expression]; to fade [couleur]

2) (falsifier) to distort [fait]; to adulterate [substance]

3)

être altéré de sang/de pouvoir — to thirst for blood/power

2.

s'altérer verbe pronominal [santé, saveur] to become impaired; [denrée] to spoil; [voix] to falter; [sentiment] to change

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alteʀe vt

1) [faits, vérité] to distort

2) [qualité] to spoil, to impair, [données] to corrupt

3) (= donner soif à) to make thirsty

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altérer verb table: céder

A vtr

1 (détériorer) to impair [saveur, caractère, relation]; to affect [santé]; to spoil [denrée]; to mar [joie]; to alter [sentiment, composition]; to change [expression, visage]; to fade [couleur]; d'une voix altérée in a faltering voice;

2 (falsifier) to distort [fait, texte]; to falsify [monnaie]; to adulterate [substance];

3 fml (donner soif) to make [sb] feel parched; être altéré de sang/de pouvoir to thirst for blood/power.

B s'altérer vpr [santé, faculté, relation, saveur] to become impaired; [denrée] to spoil; [voix] to falter; [sentiments, expression] to change.

[altere] verbe transitif

1. [dégrader - couleur] to spoil ; [ - denrée] to affect the quality of

2. (soutenu) [falsifier - fait, histoire] to distort ; [ - vérité] to distort, to twist

3. [changer - composition, équilibre] to change, to alter, to modify

les traits altérés par le chagrin/la fatigue/la maladie her face pinched with grief/drawn with tiredness/drawn with illness

la voix altérée par l'angoisse her voice strained with anxiety

4. (littéraire) [assoiffer] to make thirsty

altéré de gloire thirsting for glory

5. MUSIQUE [accord] to alter

[note] to inflect

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s'altérer verbe pronominal intransitif

1. [se dégrader - denrée] to spoil ; [ - sentiment, amitié] to deteriorate ; [ - couleurs] to fade ; [ - voix] to be distorted

sa santé s'est altérée her health has deteriorated

2. [se transformer - substance, minéral] to alter, to (undergo a) change