🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

universo alternativo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: u.niˈβeɾ.so al.teɾ.naˈti.βo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Alternative universe/ɔːlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv ˈjuː.nɪ.vɜːs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La historia se desarrolla en un universo alternativo."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A self-contained separate reality that coexists with our own, often featuring different historical outcomes or physical laws.

    "In the science fiction novel, the protagonist accidentally steps through a portal into an alternative universe."
  2. 2

    A hypothetical scenario or life path representing a divergent set of choices.

    "She often wondered what her life would be like in an alternative universe where she chose a different career."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English 'alternative' (from Late Latin alternare, meaning to do by turns) and 'universe' (from Latin universum, meaning all things combined into one). The compound concept gained widespread popularity in 20th-century science fiction to describe hypothetical self-contained realities coexisting with our own.

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