alça

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) a semicircular handle, such as the bail of a bucket and the handles of bags and purses
2. (feminine) shoulder strap (in clothes, the strap that goes over the shoulder)
3. (feminine) a part of an organ that forms an arc (mostly in the intestines and blood vessels)

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of alçar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of alçar:

alçar

1. to lift; to raise
2. to build; to erect a construction
3. to raise one’s eyes

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Concepts

handle

strap

shoulder strap

gunsight

handgrip

hold

sight

tab

gun-sight

bra strap

bail

grip

Synonyms

cabo

trinco

taramela

Translations

asa

manche

bretelle

alza

poignée

hengsel

impugnatura

nansa

manico

richtmiddel

Griff

handvat

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈaw.sɐ/

Etymology

Deverbal from alçar (“to lift”), from Old Galician-Portuguese alçar, from Vulgar Latin *altiāre, derived from Latin altus (“high”).