altear

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Portuguese

Etymology

From alto (“high”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.teˈa(ʁ)/ , /aw.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /awˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aw.teˈa(ɾ)/ , /aw.t͡ʃiˈa(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /awˈt͡ʃja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aw.teˈa(ʁ)/ , /aw.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /awˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.teˈa(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈtjaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈtja.ɾi/

Hyphenation: al‧te‧ar

Verb

altear (first-person singular present alteio, first-person singular preterite alteei, past participle alteado)

to make or become taller
Synonym: erguer

Antonym: baixar

Precisamos de tijolos para altear este muro.
We need bricks to make this wall taller.
to lift; to raise
Synonyms: alçar, alcear, elevar, erguer, içar, levantar

Antonym: baixar

Ele alteara sua sobrancelha.
He had raised his brow.
(of sound) to make or become louder
Synonym: aumentar

Antonym: diminuir

Alteie sua voz, se quer ser ouvido.
Raise your voice, if you want to be heard.
(of a value) to make or become higher
Synonyms: aumentar, subir

Antonyms: baixar, diminuir

O preço do pão alteou.
The price of bread became higher.

Conjugation

Conjugation of altear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	altear
Personal	altear	alteares	altear	altearmos	alteardes	altearem
Gerund
	alteando
Past participle
Masculine	alteado			alteados
Feminine	alteada			alteadas
Indicative
Present	alteio	alteias	alteia	alteamos	alteais	alteiam
Imperfect	alteava	alteavas	alteava	alteávamos	alteáveis	alteavam
Preterite	alteei	alteaste	alteou	alteamos¹, alteámos²	alteastes	altearam
Pluperfect	alteara	altearas	alteara	alteáramos	alteáreis	altearam
Future	altearei	altearás	alteará	altearemos	alteareis	altearão
Conditional	altearia	altearias	altearia	altearíamos	altearíeis	alteariam
Subjunctive
Present	alteie	alteies	alteie	alteemos	alteeis	alteiem
Imperfect	alteasse	alteasses	alteasse	alteássemos	alteásseis	alteassem
Future	altear	alteares	altear	altearmos	alteardes	altearem
Imperative
Affirmative		alteia	alteie	alteemos	alteai	alteiem
Negative (não)		não alteies	não alteie	não alteemos	não alteeis	não alteiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

From alto +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /alteˈaɾ/
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: al‧te‧ar

Verb

altear (first-person singular present alteo, first-person singular preterite alteé, past participle alteado)

(Ecuador, transitive) to raise, to erect
(Argentina, Paraguay, transitive) to tell someone to stop

Conjugation

Conjugation of altear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			altear
gerund			alteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		alteado		alteada
		plural		alteados		alteadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	alteo	alteas^{^tú} alteás^{^vos}	altea	alteamos	alteáis	altean
	imperfect	alteaba	alteabas	alteaba	alteábamos	alteabais	alteaban
	preterite	alteé	alteaste	alteó	alteamos	alteasteis	altearon
	future	altearé	altearás	alteará	altearemos	altearéis	altearán
	conditional	altearía	altearías	altearía	altearíamos	altearíais	altearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	altee	altees^{^tú} alteés^{^vos²}	altee	alteemos	alteéis	alteen
	imperfect (ra)	alteara	altearas	alteara	alteáramos	altearais	altearan
	imperfect (se)	altease	alteases	altease	alteásemos	alteaseis	alteasen
	future¹	alteare	alteares	alteare	alteáremos	alteareis	altearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		altea^{^tú} alteá^{^vos}	altee	alteemos	altead	alteen
	negative		no altees	no altee	no alteemos	no alteéis	no alteen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

“altear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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