# alzar
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *altiāre, derived 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

#### Related terms

* altu

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* alçar (reintegrationist)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese alçar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria),from Vulgar Latin *altiāre, derived from Latin altus (“high”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /alˈθaɾ/ [ɑl̪ˈθaɾ]
* IPA: (standard) /alˈθaɾ/ [ɑl̪ˈθaɾ]
* IPA: (seseo) /alˈsaɾ/ [ɑlˈsaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: al‧zar

### 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
* (pronominal) to revolt
    Synonym: rebelar
* (transitive) to winnow
    Synonym: abalear
* (nautical) to stop rowing, to lift the rows

#### Related terms

* alzadeira

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “alçar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alçar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alzar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alzar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alzar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /alˈθaɾ/ [al̟ˈθaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /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 trofeothey 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

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* a mano alzada
* alza
* alzacuello
* alzada
* alzado
* alzadora
* alzamiento
* alzar de obra
* alzar el cerco
* alzar el dedo
* alzar el grito
* alzar el vuelo
* alzar la mesa
* alzar la palabra

#### Related terms

* alto

### Further reading

* “alzar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10