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erigir

to erect

verb eh-ree-HEER Less Common
People & Society Government

Origin: From Latin erigere ('to raise up').

Also means

to establish

Usage Note

Erigir is a formal verb used for raising monuments, institutions, or founding bodies. The reflexive erigirse en means 'to set oneself up as' or 'to appoint oneself as': se erigió en líder del grupo ('he set himself up as the group's leader'). It follows the -ir conjugation with the spelling change g → j before o and a (e.g. erijo, erija).

Examples

"Decidieron erigir un monumento en la plaza."

Natural Translation

They decided to erect a monument in the square.

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