English-Spanish translations for alternative

alternativoGestores de fondos de inversión alternativos ( Alternative investment fund managers ( ¿Qué pasa con los recursos autóctonos alternativos? What about alternative indigenous resources? Gestores de fondos de inversión alternativos (debate) Alternative investment fund managers (debate)
alternativaDebemos adoptar políticas alternativas. We need to adopt alternative policies. Mi pregunta es ¿cuál es la alternativa? My question is, what is the alternative? ¿Se pueden encontrar formas alternativas? Can alternative forms be found?

opciónPero, ¿qué, si no tenemos otra opción? But what, when there is no alternative? Hasta que no haya una alternativa creíble, esa es la única opción que nos queda. Until there is a credible alternative, that is the only option remaining to us. Por lo tanto, constatamos que las alternativas son una opción evidente. We can see, therefore, that the alternatives are an obvious choice.

Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities. cf. OED: "Stating or offering the one or the other of two things of which either may be taken." cf. also in OED: "Of two things: Such that one or the other may be chosen, the choice of either involving the rejection of the other. " --
Other; different from something else. OED: "ellipt. The other , which may be chosen instead." --
Alternate, reciprocal. cf. OED: "Characterized by alternation; alternate." --
A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.

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