alt
Pronúncia: ál
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adjectiu
- high.
- [persona] tall.
- [casa, arbre, muntanya] high, tall.
- [preu, traïció, etc.] high
- [cambra, classe] upper.
- una paret alta de cinc metres a wall five metres high.
- capell de copa alta top hat.
- alt forn, forn alt blast furnace.
- geografia upper.
- l’Alt Rin the Upper Rhine.
- l’Alt Volta Upper Volta.
- terres altes highlands.
- alta mar open sea, high seas.
- marea alta high water, high tide, full tide.
- alta finança high finance.
- alta fidelitat high fidelity.
- anar amb el cap alt to carry one’s head high.
- anar alta [gata, gossa, etc.] to be on heat, be in rut, be in season.
- figuradament sublime, lofty, elevated.
- high.
- alta estima high esteem.
- altes matemàtiques higher mathematics.
- [hora] late, advanced.
- altes hores de la nit in the small hours, late at night.
- so high, loud.
- en veu alta, a alta veu loud(ly), in a loud voice.
- llegir en veu alta to read aloud.
- música [nota] sharp.
- [instrument, veu] alto.
- història i lingüística high.
- l’alta edat mitjana the high Middle Ages. adverbi
- high, high up.
- on high.
- parlar alt to speak loudly.
- parlar alt d’alguna cosa figuradament to sing something’s praises.
- posar la ràdio més alt to turn the radio up.
- parleu més alt! més alt, si us plau! speak up! louder, please! masculí
- height.
- top.
- upper part.
- el mur té quatre metres d’alt the wall is four metres high.
- alts i baixos també figuradament ups and downs.
- música alto.
- passar per alt to overlook, forget, omit.
- to pass over, ignore. masculí plural
- upper (part \ zone) sing.