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erguir.

to elevate, lift up, erect

6 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/eɾˈɡiɾ/[eɾˈɣ̞iɾ]
  1. to elevate, lift up, erect

    rare · transitive
  2. to tower over, stand

    reflexive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti Proto-Italic *regō Latin regō Classical Latin ērigō Vulgar Latin *ergō Old Spanish erzerder. Old Spanish yergoinflu. Spanish erguir Inherited from Old Spanish erzer, from Vulgar Latin *ergere, from Latin ērigere. The modern Spanish verb was rebuilt based on the conjugation yergo (“I raise”, from Vulgar Latin *ergō), hence the other inflexions all having /ɡ/ rather than /θ/. Compare Portuguese erguer, which was also rebuilt in the same fashion. Doublet of erigir, which was borrowed from Latin.

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