alzar
Asturian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *altiāre, present active infinitive of *altiō (see for cognates), from Latin altus (“high”).
Verb
alzar (first-person singular indicative present alzo, past participle alzáu)
- to lift, raise
- to rise, go up
- to be above
- to be (a certain height)
- to make off with, to seize
- to run off, leave
- (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 | — | |
Related terms
- altu
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese alçar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *altiāre, present active infinitive of *altiō (see for cognates), from Latin altus (“high”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [alˈθaɾ], (western) [alˈsaɾ]
Verb
alzar (first-person singular present alzo, first-person singular preterite alcei, past participle alzado)
- (transitive) to lift, raise
- Synonyms: erguer, levantar
- (transitive) to build
- Synonyms: erguer, levantar
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to revolt
- Synonym: rebelar
- (transitive) to winnow
- Synonym: abalear
- (nautical) to stop rowing, to lift the rows
Conjugation
- Note: alz- are changed to alc- before front vowels (e).
Conjugation of alzar
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| impersonal | alzar | |||||
| personal | alzar | alzares | alzar | alzarmos | alzardes | alzaren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| alzando | ||||||
| Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | alzado | alzados | ||||
| feminine | alzada | alzadas | ||||
| Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| 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 | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | alce | alces | alce | alcemos | alcedes | alcen |
| preterite | alzase | alzases | alzase | alzásemos | alzásedes | alzasen |
| future | alzar | alzares | alzar | alzarmos | alzardes | alzaren |
| Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| affirmative | – | alza | alce | alcemos | alzade | alcen |
| negative | – | alces | alce | alcemos | alcedes | alcen |
Related terms
- alzadeira
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
From Vulgar Latin *altiāre, present active infinitive of *altiō (see for cognates), from Latin altus (“high”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /alˈθaɾ/ [al̟ˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /alˈsaɾ/ [alˈsaɾ]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: al‧zar
Verb
alzar (first-person singular present alzo, first-person singular preterite alcé, past participle alzado)
- (transitive) to lift, raise
- (transitive) to remove; to steal
- (transitive) to hide
- (reflexive) to rise up, revolt
- (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.
- (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 | |
Derived terms
- alza
- alzacuello
- alzada
- alzado
- alzadora
- alzamiento
- alzar el dedo
- alzar el vuelo
- a mano alzada
Related terms
- alto
Further reading
- “alzar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014