alça

See also: alca, Alca, álca, Alča, alçà, and alçâ

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic алча
Roman alça
Perso-Arabic

Noun

alça (definite accusative alçanı, plural alçalar)

  1. cherry plum

Declension

Derived terms


Catalan

Verb

alça

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of alçar
  2. second-person singular imperative form of alçar

Portuguese

Etymology

From alçar (to lift), from Old Portuguese alçar, from Vulgar Latin *altiāre, from Latin altus (high)

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈaɫ.sɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈaw.sɐ/
  • Hyphenation: al‧ça

Noun

alça f (plural alças)

  1. a semicircular handle, such as the bail of a bucket and the handles of bags and purses
  2. shoulder strap (in clothes, the strap that goes over the shoulder)
  3. (anatomy) a part of an organ that forms an arc (mostly in the intestines and blood vessels)

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • alçar (to furnish something with handles)

Verb

alça

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of alçar
    Ele alça isso.
    He lifts this.
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of alçar
    Tu aí, alça isso sozinho.
    You there, lift this by yourself.
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