alzar

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

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

• altu

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

• IPA^(key): [alˈθaɾ], (western) [alˈsaɾ]

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

• alzadeira

• “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.

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

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /alˈθaɾ/ [al̟ˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /alˈsaɾ/ [alˈsaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: al‧zar

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

• “alzar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014