alza

See also: alzá and alzà

Asturian

Verb

(deprecated template usage) alza

1. inflection of alzar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Italian

Verb

alza

1. third-person singular present of alzare
2. second-person singular imperative of alzare

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Spanish

Etymology

From alzar (“to raise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈalθa/ [ˈal̟.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈalsa/ [ˈal.sa]

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Noun

alza f (plural alzas)

1. rise

Usage notes

• Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.

  el alza, un alza

• They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.

Derived terms

• alcista

Verb

alza

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of alzar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of alzar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of alzar.

Further reading

• “alza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014