alçar

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

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

1. to raise
2. to lift

• alçada
• alçament
• alçaprem

• alt

• “alçar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “alçar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “alçar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “alçar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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

• IPA^(key): /al.ˈt͡saɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

alçar

1. to lift; to raise

• erger, levantar

• alto

• Galician: alzar
• Portuguese: alçar

• Hyphenation: al‧çar

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alçar, from Vulgar Latin *altiāre, derived from Latin altus (“high”). Compare Galician and Spanish alzar

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

1. to lift; to raise

   Synonyms: alcear, elevar, erguer, içar, levantar

2. to build; to erect a construction

   Synonyms: alcear, construir, erguer, erigir

3. to raise one’s eyes

• alçada

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

alçar (first-person singular present alço, first-person singular preterite alcei, 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.

• alto