alzado

alzado

Spanish

Etymology

From alzar (“to raise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /alˈθado/ [al̟ˈθa.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /alˈsado/ [alˈsa.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: al‧za‧do

Adjective

alzado (feminine alzada, masculine plural alzados, feminine plural alzadas)

1. lifted, raised up
2. (colloquial, Mexico) big-headed
3. (colloquial, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela) arrogant, cocky
4. (vulgar, Argentina, Uruguay) erect, stiff, having a boner

Noun

alzado m (plural alzados)

1. (architecture) elevation, elevated part of the façade (of a building)
2. (vulgar, Argentina, Uruguay) a boner

Participle

alzado (feminine alzada, masculine plural alzados, feminine plural alzadas)

1. past participle of alzar

Further reading

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