recolzar

From re- +‎ colze (“elbow”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rə.kulˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rə.kolˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.kolˈzaɾ]
• Homophone: recolzà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

recolzar (first-person singular present recolzo, first-person singular preterite recolzí, past participle recolzat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (intransitive) to lean, rest
2. (transitive, figurative) to support, back

• “recolzar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “recolzar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “recolzar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “recolzar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.