aixecador

== Catalan == === Etymology === From aixecar (“to climb, to raise”) +‎ -dor. The term may refer to a former practice wherein the aixecador stood up in order to raise the enxaneta up, as the equivalent position of alçador does in the muixeranga tradition from which castells are believed to have evolved. Despite this practice falling out of use, with the aixecador instead remaining crouched beneath the enxaneta, the term remained in use. [1] === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ʃə.kəˈðo] IPA(key): (Valencia) [aj.ʃe.kaˈðoɾ] === Noun === aixecador m (plural aixecadors, feminine aixecadora, feminine plural aixecadores) (castells) synonym of acotxador === Further reading === “aixecador”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “aixecador”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “aixecador” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “aixecador” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.