erigir

Borrowed from Latin ērigere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ɾiˈʒi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [e.ɾiˈd͡ʒiɾ]

erigir (first-person singular present erigeixo, first-person singular preterite erigí, past participle erigit)

1. (transitive) to erect, construct, raise

   Synonym: alçar

2. (transitive) to found, establish

   Synonym: fundar

3. (pronominal) to pose [with en ‘as’], to attain the status [with en ‘of’]

   L'ermita es va erigir en església parroquial. ― The hermitage attained the status of a parish church.

• erecte
• erecció

• “erigir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Borrowed from Latin ērigere. Doublet of erguer, which was inherited.

• Hyphenation: e‧ri‧gir

erigir (first-person singular present erijo, first-person singular preterite erigi, past participle erigido)

1. (transitive) to set up; to construct; to build

   Synonyms: erguer, construir

• erecção
• ereto
• ereção
• erguer

Borrowed from Latin ērigere. Doublet of erguir, which was inherited. Compare English erect.

• IPA^(key): /eɾiˈxiɾ/ [e.ɾiˈxiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: e‧ri‧gir

erigir (first-person singular present erijo, first-person singular preterite erigí, past participle erigido)

1. (transitive) to build, to erect

   Synonym: construir

   • 1821, Antonio Ranz Romanillos, transl., Vidas paralelas:

     Muerta de allí a poco la ramera Pitonlea, de quien había estado enamorado Hárpalo, teniendo de ella una hija, quiso erigirle a toda costa un monumento, y dio a Caricles este encargo, que, sobre no ser en sí muy decoroso, todavía cedió en mayor vergüenza suya cuando dio acabado el sepulcro

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2. (transitive) to set up, establish

   Synonym: establecer

• “erigir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28