alzar
Spanish, verb/alˈθaɾ/
alzar is a Spanish verb meaning “to lift, raise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Desplazar alguna cosa, literal o metafóricamente, hacia arriba”.
What does alzar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lift, raise
- 2
to remove; to steal
- 3
to hide
- 4
to rise up, revolt
- 5
to achieve, obtain
se alzaron con el trofeo
- 6
to appeal
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Desplazar alguna cosa, literal o metafóricamente, hacia arriba. 2. Aumentar el volumen de la voz. 3. Dar origen a una institución o entidad.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alzar
- alzo first-person present singular
- alcé first-person preterite singular
- alzado participle past
- c-z alternation
- alzando gerund
- alzada feminine participle past
- alzados masculine participle past
- alzadas feminine participle past
- alzas indicative informal present
- alzás indicative informal present
- alza indicative present singular
- alzamos first-person indicative plural
- alzáis indicative plural present
- alzan indicative plural present
- alzaba first-person imperfect indicative
- alzabas imperfect indicative second-person
- alzábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- alzabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alzar?
- /alˈθaɾ/
- [al̟ˈθaɾ]
- /alˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alzar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alzar in Spanish?
alzar appears 2.6 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).