alza

See also: alzá and alzà

Asturian

Verb

alza

1. inflection of alzar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Verb

alza

1. inflection of alzar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.t͡sa/
• Rhymes: -altsa
• Hyphenation: àl‧za

Verb

alza

1. inflection of alzare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈalθa/ [ˈal̟.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈalsa/ [ˈal.sa]

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• (Spain) Rhymes: -alθa
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -alsa
• Syllabification: al‧za

Etymology 1

Deverbal from alzar (“to raise”).

Noun

alza f (plural alzas)

1. rise

Usage notes

• Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.

  el alza, un alza

• They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.

Derived terms

• alcista
• en alza

 

Etymology 2

Verb

alza

1. inflection of alzar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “alza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014