# alçar
## Catalan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əlˈsa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [alˈsaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

alçar (first-person singular present alço, first-person singular preterite alcí, past participle alçat)
* to raise
* to lift

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | alçar | alçar | alçar | alçar | alçar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | alçant | alçant | alçant | alçant | alçant |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | alçat | alçat | alçada | alçada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | alçats | alçats | alçades | alçades |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | alço | alces | alça | alcem | alceu | alcen |
| indicative | imperfect | alçava | alçaves | alçava | alçàvem | alçàveu | alçaven |
| indicative | future | alçaré | alçaràs | alçarà | alçarem | alçareu | alçaran |
| indicative | preterite | alcí | alçares | alçà | alçàrem | alçàreu | alçaren |
| indicative | conditional | alçaria | alçaries | alçaria | alçaríem | alçaríeu | alçarien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | alci | alcis | alci | alcem | alceu | alcin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | alcés | alcessis | alcés | alcéssim | alcéssiu | alcessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | alça | alci | alcem | alceu | alcin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no alcis | no alci | no alcem | no alceu | no alcin |

#### Derived terms

* alçada
* alçament
* alçaprem

#### Related terms

* alt

### Further reading

* “alçar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “alçar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “alçar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “alçar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /al.ˈt͡saɾ/
* Rhymes: -aɾ

### Verb

alçar
* to lift; to raise

#### Synonyms

* erger, levantar

#### Related terms

* alto

#### Descendants

* Galician: alzar
* Portuguese: alçar

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /awˈsa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯ˈsa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /awˈsa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯ˈsa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /awˈsa(ɾ)/ [aʊ̯ˈsa(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /awˈsa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯ˈsa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /awˈsa(ɻ)/ [aʊ̯ˈsa(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /alˈsaɾ/ [aɫˈsaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /alˈsaɾ/ [aɫˈsaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /alˈsa.ɾi/ [aɫˈsa.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: al‧çar

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alçar, from Vulgar Latin *altiāre, derived from Latin altus (“high”). Compare Galician and Spanish alzar

#### Verb

alçar (first-person singular present alço, first-person singular preterite alcei, past participle alçado)
* to lift; to raise
    Synonyms: alcear, elevar, erguer, içar, levantar
* to build; to erect a construction
    Synonyms: alcear, construir, erguer, erigir
* to raise one’s eyes

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

##### Derived terms

* alçada

### Etymology 2

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

#### Verb

alçar (first-person singular present alço, first-person singular preterite alcei, past participle alçado)
* 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.

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

##### Related terms

* alto