alzar

Asturian

Etymology

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

Verb

alzar (first-person singular indicative present alzo, past participle alzáu)

1. to lift, raise
2. to rise, go up
3. to be above
4. to be (a certain height)
5. to make off with, to seize
6. to run off, leave
7. (reflexive) to stand up (to), to rebel

Conjugation

infinitive		alzar
gerund		alzando
past participle		m alzáu, f alzada, n alzao, m pl alzaos, f pl alzaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	alzo	alces	alza	alzamos	alzáis	alcen
	imperfect	alzaba	alzabes	alzaba	alzábemos, alzábamos	alzabeis, alzabais	alzaben
	preterite	alcé	alzasti, alcesti	alzó	alcemos	alzastis, alcestis	alzaron
	pluperfect	alzare, alzara	alzares, alzaras	alzare, alzara	alzáremos, alzáramos	alzareis, alzarais	alzaren, alzaran
	future	alzaré	alzarás	alzará	alzaremos	alzaréis	alzarán
	conditional	alzaría	alzaríes	alzaría	alzaríemos, alzaríamos	alzaríeis, alzaríais	alzaríen
subjunctive	present	alce	alces, alzas	alce	alcemos	alcéis	alcen, alzan
	imperfect	alzare, alzara	alzares, alzaras	alzare, alzara	alzáremos, alzáramos	alzareis, alzarais	alzaren, alzaran
imperative		—	alza	—	—	alzái	—

Conjugation of alzar

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^(key): /alˈθaɾ/ [ɑl̪ˈθaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /alˈθaɾ/ [ɑl̪ˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /alˈsaɾ/ [ɑlˈsaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: al‧zar

Verb

alzar (first-person singular present alzo, first-person singular preterite alcei, past participle alzado)

1. (transitive) to lift, raise

   Synonyms: erguer, levantar

2. (transitive) to build

   Synonyms: erguer, levantar

3. (pronominal) to revolt

   Synonym: rebelar

4. (transitive) to winnow

   Synonym: abalear

5. (nautical) to stop rowing, to lift the rows

Conjugation

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	alzar
Personal	alzar	alzares	alzar	alzarmos	alzardes	alzaren
Gerund
	alzando
Past participle
Masculine	alzado			alzados
Feminine	alzada			alzadas
Indicative
Present	alzo	alzas	alza	alzamos	alzades	alzan
Imperfect	alzaba	alzabas	alzaba	alzabamos	alzabades	alzaban
Preterite	alcei	alzaches	alzou	alzamos	alzastes	alzaron
Pluperfect	alzara	alzaras	alzara	alzaramos	alzarades	alzaran
Future	alzarei	alzarás	alzará	alzaremos	alzaredes	alzarán
Conditional	alzaría	alzarías	alzaría	alzariamos	alzariades	alzarían
Subjunctive
Present	alce	alces	alce	alcemos	alcedes	alcen
Imperfect	alzase	alzases	alzase	alzásemos	alzásedes	alzasen
Future	alzar	alzares	alzar	alzarmos	alzardes	alzaren
Imperative
Affirmative		alza	alce	alcemos	alzade	alcen
Negative (non)		non alces	non alce	non alcemos	non alcedes	non alcen

    Conjugation of alzar (c-z alternation)

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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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^(key): (Spain) /alˈθaɾ/ [al̟ˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /alˈsaɾ/ [alˈsaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: al‧zar

Verb

alzar (first-person singular present alzo, first-person singular preterite alcé, past participle alzado)

1. (transitive) to lift, raise
2. (transitive) to remove; to steal
3. (transitive) to hide
4. (reflexive) to rise up, revolt
5. (reflexive, with preposition con) to achieve, obtain

   se alzaron con el trofeo

   they 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.

6. (reflexive, law) to appeal

Conjugation

infinitive			alzar
gerund			alzando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		alzado		alzada
		plural		alzados		alzadas
		singular			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
	present	alzo	alzastú alzásvos	alza	alzamos	alzáis	alzan
	imperfect	alzaba	alzabas	alzaba	alzábamos	alzabais	alzaban
	preterite	alcé	alzaste	alzó	alzamos	alzasteis	alzaron
	future	alzaré	alzarás	alzará	alzaremos	alzaréis	alzarán
	conditional	alzaría	alzarías	alzaría	alzaríamos	alzaríais	alzarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	alce	alcestú alcésvos2	alce	alcemos	alcéis	alcen
	imperfect (ra)	alzara	alzaras	alzara	alzáramos	alzarais	alzaran
	imperfect (se)	alzase	alzases	alzase	alzásemos	alzaseis	alzasen
	future1	alzare	alzares	alzare	alzáremos	alzareis	alzaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		alzatú alzávos	alce	alcemos	alzad	alcen
	negative		no alces	no alce	no alcemos	no alcéis	no alcen

    Conjugation of alzar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive alzar	dative	alzarme	alzarte	alzarle, alzarse	alzarnos	alzaros	alzarles, alzarse
	accusative	alzarme	alzarte	alzarlo, alzarla, alzarse	alzarnos	alzaros	alzarlos, alzarlas, alzarse
with gerund alzando	dative	alzándome	alzándote	alzándole, alzándose	alzándonos	alzándoos	alzándoles, alzándose
	accusative	alzándome	alzándote	alzándolo, alzándola, alzándose	alzándonos	alzándoos	alzándolos, alzándolas, alzándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative alza	dative	álzame	álzate	álzale	álzanos	not used	álzales
	accusative	álzame	álzate	álzalo, álzala	álzanos	not used	álzalos, álzalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative alzá	dative	alzame	alzate	alzale	alzanos	not used	alzales
	accusative	alzame	alzate	alzalo, alzala	alzanos	not used	alzalos, alzalas
with formal second-person singular imperative alce	dative	álceme	not used	álcele, álcese	álcenos	not used	álceles
	accusative	álceme	not used	álcelo, álcela, álcese	álcenos	not used	álcelos, álcelas
with first-person plural imperative alcemos	dative	not used	alcémoste	alcémosle	alcémonos	alcémoos	alcémosles
	accusative	not used	alcémoste	alcémoslo, alcémosla	alcémonos	alcémoos	alcémoslos, alcémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative alzad	dative	alzadme	not used	alzadle	alzadnos	alzaos	alzadles
	accusative	alzadme	not used	alzadlo, alzadla	alzadnos	alzaos	alzadlos, alzadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative alcen	dative	álcenme	not used	álcenle	álcennos	not used	álcenles, álcense
	accusative	álcenme	not used	álcenlo, álcenla	álcennos	not used	álcenlos, álcenlas, álcense

    Selected combined forms of alzar (c-z alternation)

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