alçar

From Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin *altiāre, present active infinitive of *altiō, from Latin altus (“high”). Compare Aromanian analtsu, Dalmatian alzur, French hausser, Friulian alçâ, Italian alzare, Occitan auçar, Portuguese alçar, Romani auzar, Romanian înălța, Romansch auzar, Sardinian altsare, Spanish alzar..

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əlˈsa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /alˈsaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

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

1. to raise
2. to lift

• alçada
• alçament

• alt

From Vulgar Latin *altiāre, present active infinitive of *altiō, from Latin altus (“high”).

• IPA^(key): /al.ˈt͡saɾ/

alçar

1. to lift; to raise

• erger, levantar

• alto

• Galician: alzar
• Portuguese: alçar

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aɫ.ˈsaɾ/
• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /aw.ˈsa(ɹ)/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.ˈsa(ɻ)/

From Old Portuguese alçar, from Vulgar Latin *altiāre, infinitive of *altiō, from Latin altus (“high”). Compare Aromanian analtsu, Catalan alçar, Dalmatian alzur, French hausser, Friulian alçâ, Italian alzare, Occitan auçar, Romani auzar, Romanian înălța, Romansch auzar, Sardinian altsare, Spanish alzar.

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

1. to lift; to raise
2. to build; to erect a construction
3. to raise one’s eyes

• (to lift): alcear, elevar, erguer, içar, levantar
• (to build): alcear, construir, erguer, erigir

• alçada

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

alçar (first-person singular present indicative alço, 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