# altear
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From alto (“high”) +‎ -ear.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aw.teˈa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.teˈa(h)], /aw.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.t͡ʃɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /awˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯ˈt͡ʃja(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aw.teˈa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.teˈa(h)], /aw.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.t͡ʃɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /awˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯ˈt͡ʃja(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /aw.teˈa(ɾ)/ [aʊ̯.teˈa(ɾ)], /aw.t͡ʃiˈa(ɾ)/ [aʊ̯.t͡ʃɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /awˈt͡ʃja(ɾ)/ [aʊ̯ˈt͡ʃja(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /aw.teˈa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.teˈa(χ)], /aw.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.t͡ʃɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /awˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯ˈt͡ʃja(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aw.teˈa(ɻ)/ [aʊ̯.teˈa(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /alˈtjaɾ/ [aɫˈtjaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /alˈtjaɾ/ [aɫˈtjaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /alˈtja.ɾi/ [aɫˈtja.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: al‧te‧ar

### Verb

altear (first-person singular present alteio, first-person singular preterite alteei, past participle alteado)
* to make or become taller
    Synonym: erguer
    Antonym: baixar
    Precisamos de tijolos para altear este muro.We need bricks to make this wall taller.
* to lift; to raise
    Synonyms: alçar, alcear, elevar, erguer, içar, levantar
    Antonym: baixar
    Ele alteara sua sobrancelha.He had raised his brow.
* (of sound) to make or become louder
    Synonym: aumentar
    Antonym: diminuir
    Alteie sua voz, se quer ser ouvido.Raise your voice, if you want to be heard.
* (of a value) to make or become higher
    Synonyms: aumentar, subir
    Antonyms: baixar, diminuir
    O preço do pão alteou.The price of bread became higher.

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* alteação
* alteado
* alteador
* alteamento

## Spanish
### Etymology

From alto +‎ -ear.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /alteˈaɾ/ [al̪.t̪eˈaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: al‧te‧ar

### Verb

altear (first-person singular present alteo, first-person singular preterite alteé, past participle alteado)
* (Ecuador, transitive) to raise, to erect
* (Argentina, Paraguay, transitive) to tell someone to stop

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | altear | altear | altear | altear | altear |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | alteando | alteando | alteando | alteando | alteando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | alteado | alteado | alteada | alteada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | alteados | alteados | alteadas | alteadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | alteo | alteas$^{tú}$ alteás$^{vos}$ | altea | alteamos | alteáis | altean |
| indicative | imperfect | alteaba | alteabas | alteaba | alteábamos | alteabais | alteaban |
| indicative | preterite | alteé | alteaste | alteó | alteamos | alteasteis | altearon |
| indicative | future | altearé | altearás | alteará | altearemos | altearéis | altearán |
| indicative | conditional | altearía | altearías | altearía | altearíamos | altearíais | altearían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | altee | altees$^{tú}$ alteés$^{vos2}$ | altee | alteemos | alteéis | alteen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | alteara | altearas | alteara | alteáramos | altearais | altearan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | altease | alteases | altease | alteásemos | alteaseis | alteasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | alteare | alteares | alteare | alteáremos | alteareis | altearen |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | altea$^{tú}$ alteá$^{vos}$ | altee | alteemos | altead | alteen |
| imperative | negative | | no altees | no altee | no alteemos | no alteéis | no alteen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

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