Ella VerbsTo lift, to raise, to put up Irregular Verb
At a glance: Alzar (to lift, to raise, to put up) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: alzo, alzas, alza, alzamos, alzáis, alzan. Its irregularities include: Change z to c for yo in the indicative preterite and for all pronouns in the subjunctive present (and therefore the imperatives).
Alzar is the Spanish verb for "to lift, to raise, to put up". It is an irregular verb. Read on below to see how it is conjugated in the 18 major Spanish tenses!
Similar verbs to alzar include: aupar, criar, elevar, enarcar, izar, levantar.
| Item | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | alzar | to lift, to raise, to put up |
| Past participle | alzado | lifted |
| Gerund | alzando | lifting |
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The Indicative Present of alzar is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, "alzo", meaning "I lift".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | alzo | I lift |
| Tú | alzas | you lift |
| Ella / Él / Usted | alza | s/he lifts |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | alzamos | we lift |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | alzáis | you (plural) lift |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | alzan | they lift |
The Indicative Preterite of alzar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, "alcé", meaning "I lifted".
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | alcé | I lifted |
| Tú | alzaste | you lifted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | alzó | s/he lifted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | alzamos | we lifted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | alzasteis | you (plural) lifted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | alzaron | they lifted |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Indicative Imperfect of alzar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, "alzaba", meaning "I used to lift".
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | alzaba | I used to lift |
| Tú | alzabas | you used to lift |
| Ella / Él / Usted | alzaba | s/he used to lift |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | alzábamos | we used to lift |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | alzabais | you (plural) used to lift |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | alzaban | they used to lift |
The Indicative Present Continuous of alzar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, "estoy alzando", meaning "I am lifting".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy alzando | I am lifting |
| Tú | estás alzando | you are lifting |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está alzando | s/he is lifting |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos alzando | we are lifting |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis alzando | you (plural) are lifting |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están alzando | they are lifting |
The Indicative Informal Future of alzar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, "voy a alzar", meaning "I am going to lift".
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a alzar | I am going to lift |
| Tú | vas a alzar | you are going to lift |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a alzar | s/he is going to lift |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a alzar | we are going to lift |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a alzar | you (plural) are going to lift |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a alzar | they are going to lift |
The Indicative Future of alzar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, "alzaré", meaning "I will lift".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | alzaré | I will lift |
| Tú | alzarás | you will lift |
| Ella / Él / Usted | alzará | s/he will lift |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | alzaremos | we will lift |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | alzaréis | you (plural) will lift |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | alzarán | they will lift |
The Indicative Conditional of alzar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, "alzaría", meaning "I would lift".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | alzaría | I would lift |
| Tú | alzarías | you would lift |
| Ella / Él / Usted | alzaría | s/he would lift |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | alzaríamos | we would lift |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | alzaríais | you (plural) would lift |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | alzarían | they would lift |
The Indicative Present Perfect of alzar is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, "he alzado", meaning "I have lifted".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he alzado | I have lifted |
| Tú | has alzado | you have lifted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha alzado | s/he has lifted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos alzado | we have lifted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis alzado | you (plural) have lifted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han alzado | they have lifted |
The Indicative Past Perfect of alzar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, "había alzado", meaning "I had lifted".
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había alzado | I had lifted |
| Tú | habías alzado | you had lifted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había alzado | s/he had lifted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos alzado | we had lifted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais alzado | you (plural) had lifted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían alzado | they had lifted |
The Indicative Future Perfect of alzar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, "habré alzado", meaning "I will have lifted".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré alzado | I will have lifted |
| Tú | habrás alzado | you will have lifted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá alzado | s/he will have lifted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos alzado | we will have lifted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis alzado | you (plural) will have lifted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán alzado | they will have lifted |
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of alzar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, "habría alzado", meaning "I would have lifted".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría alzado | I would have lifted |
| Tú | habrías alzado | you would have lifted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría alzado | s/he would have lifted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos alzado | we would have lifted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais alzado | you (plural) would have lifted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían alzado | they would have lifted |
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The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, "alce", meaning "I lift".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | alce | I lift |
| Tú | alces | you lift |
| Ella / Él / Usted | alce | s/he lifts |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | alcemos | we lift |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | alcéis | you (plural) lift |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | alcen | they lift |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, "alzara", meaning "I lifted".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | alzara | I lifted |
| Tú | alzaras | you lifted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | alzara | s/he lifted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | alzáramos | we lifted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | alzarais | you (plural) lifted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | alzaran | they lifted |
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, "alzare", meaning "I will lift".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | alzare | I will lift |
| Tú | alzares | you will lift |
| Ella / Él / Usted | alzare | s/he will lift |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | alzáremos | we will lift |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | alzareis | you (plural) will lift |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | alzaren | they will lift |
The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, "haya alzado", meaning "I have lifted".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya alzado | I have lifted |
| Tú | hayas alzado | you have lifted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya alzado | s/he has lifted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos alzado | we have lifted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis alzado | you (plural) have lifted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan alzado | they have lifted |
The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, "hubiera alzado", meaning "I had lifted".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera alzado | I had lifted |
| Tú | hubieras alzado | you had lifted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera alzado | s/he had lifted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos alzado | we had lifted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais alzado | you (plural) had lifted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran alzado | they had lifted |
The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, "hubiere alzado", meaning "I will have lifted".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere alzado | I will have lifted |
| Tú | hubieres alzado | you will have lifted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere alzado | s/he will have lifted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos alzado | we will have lifted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis alzado | you (plural) will have lifted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren alzado | they will have lifted |
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The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, "alce", meaning "(to you formal) lift!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | alza | (to you) lift! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | alce | (to you formal) lift! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | alcemos | let's lift! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | alzad | (to you plural) lift! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | alcen | (to you plural formal) lift! |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, "no alce", meaning "(to you formal) don't lift!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no alces | (to you) don't lift! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no alce | (to you formal) don't lift! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no alcemos | let's not lift! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no alcéis | (to you plural) don't lift! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no alcen | (to you plural formal) don't lift! |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
Alzar is an irregular Spanish verb. Its irregularities include: Change z to c for yo in the indicative preterite and for all pronouns in the subjunctive present (and therefore the imperatives).
In the present tense (presente), alzar is conjugated as: yo alzo, tú alzas, él/ella/usted alza, nosotros alzamos, vosotros alzáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes alzan. The present tense is used To talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths.
In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), alzar is conjugated as: yo alcé, tú alzaste, él/ella/usted alzó, nosotros alzamos, vosotros alzasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes alzaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), alzar is conjugated as: yo alzaba, tú alzabas, él/ella/usted alzaba, nosotros alzábamos, vosotros alzabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes alzaban. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.
In the future tense (futuro simple), alzar is conjugated as: yo alzaré, tú alzarás, él/ella/usted alzará, nosotros alzaremos, vosotros alzaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes alzarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), alzar is conjugated as: yo alce, tú alces, él/ella/usted alce, nosotros alcemos, vosotros alcéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes alcen. The present subjunctive is used To talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about.
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