levada

Galician

Watermill with its levada

Etymology

From auga levada (literally “conducted water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈβaða̝/

Noun

levada f (plural levadas)

1. aqueduct or canal
   • 1447, M. Lucas Alvarez & P. P. Lucas Domínguez (ed.), San Pedro de Ramirás. Un monasterio femenino en la Edad Media. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Publicacións de Caixa Galicia, page 572:

     "moiño do Cangado" "con toda sua casa e pedra e con todas suas levadas e presas e augas"

     "mill of the Cangado" "with all of its building and stone and ducts and dams and waters"

   Synonyms: cal, canle

Derived terms

• Augalevada
• Levada

Related terms

• levar

Verb

levada f sg

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “levada”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “levada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Adjective

levada

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective levado.

Verb

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈbada/ [leˈβ̞a.ð̞a]

Verb

levada

1. Template:es-verb form of/participle levar.