alçar

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *altiāre, present active infinitive of *altiō (see for cognates), from Latin altus (“high”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əlˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [alˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

alçar (first-person singular present alço, first-person singular preterite alcí, past participle alçat)

1. to raise
2. to lift

Derived terms

• alçada
• alçament
• alçaprem

Related terms

• alt

Further reading

• “alçar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “alçar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “alçar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “alçar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *altiāre, present active infinitive of *altiō, from Latin altus (“high”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ˈt͡saɾ/

Verb

alçar

1. to lift; to raise

Synonyms

• erger, levantar

Related terms

• alto

Descendants

• Galician: alzar
• Portuguese: alçar

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈsa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯ˈsa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈsa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯ˈsa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /awˈsa(ɾ)/ [aʊ̯ˈsa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /awˈsa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯ˈsa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈsa(ɻ)/ [aʊ̯ˈsa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈsaɾ/ [aɫˈsaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈsaɾ/ [aɫˈsaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈsa.ɾi/ [aɫˈsa.ɾi]

• IPA^(key): /aw.ˈsa(ɻ)/
• Hyphenation: al‧çar

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese alçar, from Vulgar Latin *altiāre, infinitive of *altiō (see for cognates), from Latin altus (“high”).

Verb

1. to lift; to raise

   Synonyms: alcear, elevar, erguer, içar, levantar

2. to build; to erect a construction

   Synonyms: alcear, construir, erguer, erigir

3. to raise one’s eyes

Derived terms

• alçada

Etymology 2

Alça (“handle”) +‎ -ar, from alçar (“to lift”).

Verb

1. to furnish with alças (semicircular handles)

   Como a mala era muito pesada, alçaram-na.

   As the bag was too heavy, they put handles on it.

Related terms

• alto