Catalan

Verb

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

1. to raise
2. to lift

Conjugation

Derived terms

• alçada
• alçament

Related terms

• alt

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *altiāre, from Latin altus ‎(“high”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ˈt͡saɾ/

Verb

alçar

1. to lift; to raise

Synonyms

• erger, levantar

Descendants

• Galician: alzar
• Portuguese: alçar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aɫ.ˈsaɾ/
• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /aw.ˈsa(ɹ)/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.ˈsa(ɻ)/

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese alçar, from Latin *altiāre, infinitive of *altiō, from Latin altus ‎(“high”). Compare Aromanian analtsu, Catalan alçar, Dalmatian alzur, French hausser, Friulian alçâ, Italian alzare, Occitan auçar, Romanian înălța, Romani auzar, Romansch auzar, Sardinian altsare, Spanish alzar.

Verb

alçar ‎(first-person singular present indicative alço, past participle alçado)

1. to lift; to raise
2. to build; to erect a construction
3. to raise one’s eyes

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to lift): alcear, elevar, erguer, içar, levantar
• (to build): alcear, construir, erguer, erigir

Etymology 2

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

Verb

alçar ‎(first-person singular present indicative alço, past participle alçado)

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.

Conjugation

Related terms

• alto