alçar

== Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *altiāre, derived from Latin altus (“high”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əlˈsa] IPA(key): (Valencia) [alˈsaɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [alˈsa] Rhymes: -a(ɾ) === Verb === alçar (first-person singular present alço, first-person singular preterite alcí, past participle alçat) to raise to lift ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== alçada alçament alçaprem ==== Related terms ==== alt === Further reading === “alçar”, 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 “alçar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “alçar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “alçar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *altiāre, derived from Latin altus (“high”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /al.ˈt͡saɾ/ Rhymes: -aɾ === Verb === alçar to lift; to raise ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== erger, levantar ==== Related terms ==== alto ==== Descendants ==== Galician: alzar Portuguese: alçar == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: al‧çar === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alçar, from Vulgar Latin *altiāre, derived from Latin altus (“high”). Compare Galician and Spanish alzar ==== Verb ==== alçar (first-person singular present alço, first-person singular preterite alcei, past participle alçado) to lift; to raise Synonyms: alcear, elevar, erguer, içar, levantar to build; to erect a construction Synonyms: alcear, construir, erguer, erigir to raise one’s eyes ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== alçada === Etymology 2 === From alça (“handle”) +‎ -ar, from alçar (“to lift”). ==== Verb ==== alçar (first-person singular present alço, first-person singular preterite alcei, past participle alçado) to furnish with alças (semicircular handles) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== alto === Further reading === “alçar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “alçar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026