#to alert

• To alert — To place on alert, warn, promptly notify, or apprise a person, a rescue team, or the authorities regarding the imminent occurrence of a danger, emergency, or structural anomaly; to arouse someone's vigilance. In a reflexive sense (a se alerta), it means to panic, become agitated, or grow suddenly worried and ready for action in the face of unexpected news.
• To warn — To bring critical information to someone's knowledge, to warn, to alert, or to draw attention to an imminent danger, a mistake, or an obligation that must be fulfilled; in an administrative and professional sense, it represents the act of summoning a person or an institution to comply with legal or contractual norms prior to the application of severe disciplinary or penal sanctions.