altear

Portuguese

Etymology

From alto (“high”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.teˈa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.teˈa(h)], /aw.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.t͡ʃɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /awˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯ˈt͡ʃja(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /aw.teˈa(ɾ)/ [aʊ̯.teˈa(ɾ)], /aw.t͡ʃiˈa(ɾ)/ [aʊ̯.t͡ʃɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /awˈt͡ʃja(ɾ)/ [aʊ̯ˈt͡ʃja(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aw.teˈa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.teˈa(χ)], /aw.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.t͡ʃɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /awˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯ˈt͡ʃja(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.teˈa(ɻ)/ [aʊ̯.teˈa(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /alˈtjaɾ/ [aɫˈtjaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /alˈtja.ɾi/ [aɫˈtja.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: al‧te‧ar

Verb

altear (first-person singular present alteio, first-person singular preterite alteei, past participle alteado)

  1. to make or become taller
    Synonym: erguer
    Antonym: baixar
    Precisamos de tijolos para altear este muro.
    We need bricks to make this wall taller.
  2. to lift; to raise
    Synonyms: alçar, alcear, elevar, erguer, içar, levantar
    Antonym: baixar
    Ele alteara sua sobrancelha.
    He had raised his brow.
  3. (of sound) to make or become louder
    Synonym: aumentar
    Antonym: diminuir
    Alteie sua voz, se quer ser ouvido.
    Raise your voice, if you want to be heard.
  4. (of a value) to make or become higher
    Synonyms: aumentar, subir
    Antonyms: baixar, diminuir
    O preço do pão alteou.
    The price of bread became higher.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of altear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal altear
Personal altear alteares altear altearmos alteardes altearem
Gerund
alteando
Past participle
Masculine alteado alteados
Feminine alteada alteadas
Indicative
Present alteio alteias alteia alteamos alteais alteiam
Imperfect alteava alteavas alteava alteávamos alteáveis alteavam
Preterite alteei alteaste alteou alteamos1, alteámos2 alteastes altearam
Pluperfect alteara altearas alteara alteáramos alteáreis altearam
Future altearei altearás alteará altearemos alteareis altearão
Conditional altearia altearias altearia altearíamos altearíeis alteariam
Subjunctive
Present alteie alteies alteie alteemos alteeis alteiem
Imperfect alteasse alteasses alteasse alteássemos alteásseis alteassem
Future altear alteares altear altearmos alteardes altearem
Imperative
Affirmative alteia alteie alteemos alteai alteiem
Negative (não) não alteies não alteie não alteemos não alteeis não alteiem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

  • alteação
  • alteado
  • alteador
  • alteamento

Spanish

Etymology

From alto +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alteˈaɾ/ [al̪.t̪eˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: al‧te‧ar

Verb

altear (first-person singular present alteo, first-person singular preterite alteé, past participle alteado)

  1. (Ecuador, transitive) to raise, to erect
  2. (Argentina, Paraguay, transitive) to tell someone to stop

Conjugation

    Conjugation of altear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive altear
gerund alteando
past participle masculine feminine
singular alteado alteada
plural alteados alteadas
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 alteo alteastú
alteásvos 		altea alteamos alteáis altean
imperfect alteaba alteabas alteaba alteábamos alteabais alteaban
preterite alteé alteaste alteó alteamos alteasteis altearon
future altearé altearás alteará altearemos altearéis altearán
conditional altearía altearías altearía altearíamos altearíais altearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present altee alteestú
alteésvos2 		altee alteemos alteéis alteen
imperfect
(ra) 		alteara altearas alteara alteáramos altearais altearan
imperfect
(se) 		altease alteases altease alteásemos alteaseis alteasen
future1 alteare alteares alteare alteáremos alteareis altearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative alteatú
alteávos 		altee alteemos altead alteen
negative no altees no altee no alteemos no alteéis no alteen

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

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