altear
Portuguese, verb/aw.teˈa(ʁ)/
altear is spelled A-L-T-E-A-R (6 letters). Altear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to make or become taller” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar mais alto”.
What does altear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make or become taller
Precisamos de tijolos para altear este muro.
- 2
to lift; to raise
Ele alteara sua sobrancelha.
- 3
to make or become louder
Alteie sua voz, se quer ser ouvido.
- 4
to make or become higher
O preço do pão alteou.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar mais alto 2. elevar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of altear
- alteio first-person present singular
- alteei first-person preterite singular
- alteado participle past
- alteares infinitive second-person singular
- altearmos first-person infinitive plural
- alteardes infinitive plural second-person
- altearem infinitive plural third-person
- alteando gerund
- alteados masculine participle past
- alteada feminine participle past
- alteadas feminine participle past
- alteias indicative present second-person
- alteia indicative present singular
- alteamos first-person indicative plural
- alteais indicative plural present
- alteiam indicative plural present
- alteava first-person imperfect indicative
- alteavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce altear?
- Brazil /aw.teˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [aʊ̯.teˈa(h)]
- Brazil /aw.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.