alzar

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Asturian

Etymology

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

Verb

alzar (first-person singular indicative present alzo, past participle alzáu)

  1. to lift, raise
  2. to rise, go up
  3. to be above
  4. to be (a certain height)
  5. to make off with, to seize
  6. to run off, leave
  7. (reflexive) to stand up (to), to rebel

Conjugation

Conjugation of alzar
infinitive alzar
gerund alzando
past participle m alzáu, f alzada, n alzao, m pl alzaos, f pl alzaes
person first singular
yo 		second singular
tu 		third singular
él/elli 		first plural
nosotros/nós 		second plural
vosotros/vós 		third plural
ellos
indicative present alzo alces alza alzamos alzáis alcen
imperfect alzaba alzabes alzaba alzábemos, alzábamos alzabeis, alzabais alzaben
preterite alcé alzasti, alcesti alzó alcemos alzastis, alcestis alzaron
pluperfect alzare, alzara alzares, alzaras alzare, alzara alzáremos, alzáramos alzareis, alzarais alzaren, alzaran
future alzaré alzarás alzará alzaremos alzaréis alzarán
conditional alzaría alzaríes alzaría alzaríemos, alzaríamos alzaríeis, alzaríais alzaríen
subjunctive present alce alces, alzas alce alcemos alcéis alcen, alzan
imperfect alzare, alzara alzares, alzaras alzare, alzara alzáremos, alzáramos alzareis, alzarais alzaren, alzaran
imperative — alza — — alzái —

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese alçar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria),from Vulgar Latin *altiāre, derived from Latin altus (“high”).

Pronunciation

Verb

alzar (first-person singular present alzo, first-person singular preterite alcei, past participle alzado)

  1. (transitive) to lift, raise
    Synonyms: erguer, levantar
  2. (transitive) to build
    Synonyms: erguer, levantar
  3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to revolt
    Synonym: rebelar
  4. (transitive) to winnow
    Synonym: abalear
  5. (nautical) to stop rowing, to lift the rows

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alzar (c-z alternation)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti) 		Third-person
(el / ela / Vde.) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal alzar
Personal alzar alzares alzar alzarmos alzardes alzaren
Gerund
alzando
Past participle
Masculine alzado alzados
Feminine alzada alzadas
Indicative
Present alzo alzas alza alzamos alzades alzan
Imperfect alzaba alzabas alzaba alzabamos alzabades alzaban
Preterite alcei alzaches alzou alzamos alzastes alzaron
Pluperfect alzara alzaras alzara alzaramos alzarades alzaran
Future alzarei alzarás alzará alzaremos alzaredes alzarán
Conditional alzaría alzarías alzaría alzariamos alzariades alzarían
Subjunctive
Present alce alces alce alcemos alcedes alcen
Imperfect alzase alzases alzase alzásemos alzásedes alzasen
Future alzar alzares alzar alzarmos alzardes alzaren
Imperative
Affirmative alza alce alcemos alzade alcen
Negative (non) non alces non alce non alcemos non alcedes non alcen

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References

  • “alçar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “alçar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “alzar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “alzar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “alzar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /alˈθaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /alˈsaɾ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: al‧zar

Verb

alzar (first-person singular present alzo, first-person singular preterite alcé, past participle alzado)

  1. (transitive) to lift, raise
  2. (transitive) to remove; to steal
  3. (transitive) to hide
  4. (reflexive) to rise up, revolt
  5. (reflexive, with preposition con) to achieve, obtain
    se alzaron con el trofeo
    they lifted the trophy
    • 2015 August 1, “Este es el hombre más en forma del mundo”, in El País‎:
      Dave Castro, un de los jefazos de la empresa Crossfit, es el responsable de diseñar y anunciar horas antes de que empiecen las pruebas de competición en qué van a consistir los ejercicios para alzarse con el título.
      Dave Castro, one of the top dogs of Crossfit, is responsible for designing and announcing hours before the competitions what the exercises to obtain the title will be.
  6. (reflexive, law) to appeal

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alzar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive alzar
gerund alzando
past participle masculine feminine
singular alzado alzada
plural alzados alzadas
singular plural
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 alzo alzastú
alzásvos 		alza alzamos alzáis alzan
imperfect alzaba alzabas alzaba alzábamos alzabais alzaban
preterite alcé alzaste alzó alzamos alzasteis alzaron
future alzaré alzarás alzará alzaremos alzaréis alzarán
conditional alzaría alzarías alzaría alzaríamos alzaríais alzarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present alce alcestú
alcésvos2 		alce alcemos alcéis alcen
imperfect
(ra) 		alzara alzaras alzara alzáramos alzarais alzaran
imperfect
(se) 		alzase alzases alzase alzásemos alzaseis alzasen
future1 alzare alzares alzare alzáremos alzareis alzaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative alzatú
alzávos 		alce alcemos alzad alcen
negative no alces no alce no alcemos no alcéis no alcen

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

    Selected combined forms of alzar (c-z alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive alzar
dative alzarme alzarte alzarle, alzarse alzarnos alzaros alzarles, alzarse
accusative alzarme alzarte alzarlo, alzarla, alzarse alzarnos alzaros alzarlos, alzarlas, alzarse
with gerund alzando
dative alzándome alzándote alzándole, alzándose alzándonos alzándoos alzándoles, alzándose
accusative alzándome alzándote alzándolo, alzándola, alzándose alzándonos alzándoos alzándolos, alzándolas, alzándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative alza
dative álzame álzate álzale álzanos not used álzales
accusative álzame álzate álzalo, álzala álzanos not used álzalos, álzalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative alzá
dative alzame alzate alzale alzanos not used alzales
accusative alzame alzate alzalo, alzala alzanos not used alzalos, alzalas
with formal second-person singular imperative alce
dative álceme not used álcele, álcese álcenos not used álceles
accusative álceme not used álcelo, álcela, álcese álcenos not used álcelos, álcelas
with first-person plural imperative alcemos
dative not used alcémoste alcémosle alcémonos alcémoos alcémosles
accusative not used alcémoste alcémoslo, alcémosla alcémonos alcémoos alcémoslos, alcémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative alzad
dative alzadme not used alzadle alzadnos alzaos alzadles
accusative alzadme not used alzadlo, alzadla alzadnos alzaos alzadlos, alzadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative alcen
dative álcenme not used álcenle álcennos not used álcenles, álcense
accusative álcenme not used álcenlo, álcenla álcennos not used álcenlos, álcenlas, álcense

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