alçada

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əlˈsa.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [alˈsa.ða]

Noun

alçada f (plural alçades)

1. height (of person or animal)
2. raise, raising, lift (act of making something higher)

Related terms

• alçar
• alçària (“height of an object”)
• altura (“height from the base or ground”)

 

Participle

alçada f sg

1. feminine singular of alçat

Further reading

• “alçada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “alçada”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “alçada” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈsa.dɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈsa.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈsa.dɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈsa.dɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈsa.da/ [aʊ̯ˈsa.da]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈsa.dɐ/ [aɫˈsa.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: al‧ça‧da

Noun

alçada f (plural alçadas)

1. area of responsibility, competence

   Synonym: competência

   o Metro de Lisboa se mantém na alçada do Governo ― the Lisbon metro falls under the government's responsibilities

2. jurisdiction

   Synonym: jurisdição

Participle

alçada f sg

1. feminine singular of alçado