levantar

Galician

Alternative forms

• alevantar, lovantar

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese levantar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), itself from a Vulgar Latin *levantāre, from Latin levans, levante-, present participle of levō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [leβanˈtaɾ]

Verb

levantar (first-person singular present levanto, first-person singular preterite levantei, past participle levantado)

1. to lift, to raise

   Synonyms: alzar, erguer

2. to pick up

   Synonym: apañar

3. to stand (place upright)
4. (reflexive) to stand up
5. (reflexive) to get up (rise from one's bed)

   Synonym: erguer

6. to put up (build a structure)

   Synonyms: alzar, erguer

   • 1380, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 610:

     mando a meu heree que faça leuantar a hermida de san paayo de mallos

     I order my heir to make put up the shrine of Saint Pelagius at Mallos

7. (reflexive) to rise up (rebel)

   Synonym: rebelar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of levantar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	levantar
Personal	levantar	levantares	levantar	levantarmos	levantardes	levantaren
Gerund
	levantando
Past participle
Masculine	levantado			levantados
Feminine	levantada			levantadas
Indicative
Present	levanto	levantas	levanta	levantamos	levantades	levantan
Imperfect	levantaba	levantabas	levantaba	levantabamos	levantabades	levantaban
Preterite	levantei	levantaches	levantou	levantamos	levantastes	levantaron
Pluperfect	levantara	levantaras	levantara	levantaramos	levantarades	levantaran
Future	levantarei	levantarás	levantará	levantaremos	levantaredes	levantarán
Conditional	levantaría	levantarías	levantaría	levantariamos	levantariades	levantarían
Subjunctive
Present	levante	levantes	levante	levantemos	levantedes	levanten
Imperfect	levantase	levantases	levantase	levantásemos	levantásedes	levantasen
Future	levantar	levantares	levantar	levantarmos	levantardes	levantaren
Imperative
Affirmative		levanta	levante	levantemos	levantade	levanten
Negative (non)		non levantes	non levante	non levantemos	non levantedes	non levanten

    Reintegrated conjugation of levantar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	levantar
Personal	levantar	levantares	levantar	levantarmos	levantardes	levantarem
Gerund
	levantando
Past participle
Masculine	levantado			levantados
Feminine	levantada			levantadas
Indicative
Present	levanto	levantas	levanta	levantamos	levantades, levantais	levantam
Imperfect	levantava	levantavas	levantava	levantávamos	levantávades, levantáveis, levantávais1	levantavam
Preterite	levantei	levantaste, levantache1	levantou	levantamos	levantastes	levantárom, levantaram
Pluperfect	levantara	levantaras	levantara	levantáramos	levantárades, levantáreis, levantárais1	levantaram
Future	levantarei	levantarás	levantará	levantaremos	levantaredes, levantareis	levantarám, levantarão
Conditional	levantaria	levantarias	levantaria	levantaríamos	levantaríades, levantaríeis, levantaríais1	levantariam
Subjunctive
Present	levante	levantes	levante	levantemos	levantedes, levanteis	levantem
Imperfect	levantasse	levantasses	levantasse	levantássemos	levantássedes, levantásseis	levantassem
Future	levantar	levantares	levantar	levantarmos	levantardes	levantarem
Imperative
Affirmative		levanta	levante	levantemos	levantade, levantai	levantem
Negative (nom)		nom levantes	nom levante	nom levantemos	nom levantedes, nom levanteis	nom levantem

¹Less recommended.

References

• “levantar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “levantar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “levantar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “levantar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “levantar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alevantar

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese levantar, itself from a Vulgar Latin *levantāre, from Latin levantem, present participle of levō. Compare Spanish levantar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /le.vɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/ [le.vɐ̃ˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /le.vɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/ [le.vɐ̃ˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /le.vɐ̃ˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /le.vɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/ [le.vɐ̃ˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /le.vɐ̃ˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨ.vɐ̃ˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨ.vɐ̃ˈtaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨ.bɐ̃ˈtaɾ/ [lɨ.βɐ̃ˈtaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨ.vɐ̃ˈta.ɾi/

Verb

levantar (first-person singular present levanto, first-person singular preterite levantei, past participle levantado)

2. (sometimes takes a reflexive pronoun, intransitive, or transitive with de) to stand up; to get up (to rise from a lying, sitting or fallen position)

   Levante-se do chão!

   Get up from the floor!

4. (transitive) to raise; to get someone up (to cause someone or something to stand up)

   Synonym: erguer

   Vi um homem levantar seu filho que tropeçara.

   I saw a man lift up his son who had tripped.

6. (intransitive or takes a reflexive pronoun) to get up (to get out of bed after waking up)

   Acordei cedo mas estava tão triste que não levantei.

   I woke up early but I was so sad that I didn’t get up.

8. (transitive) to lift; to raise (to put into a higher position)

   Synonyms: erguer, alçar

   É algo que levantei do chão.

   It’s something I lifted from the floor.

   Eu levanto o meu braço.

   I raise my arm.

   Tu não consegues levantar o piano.

   You can’t lift the piano.

10. (transitive) to raise (to cause to have a higher value)

    Synonyms: erguer, aumentar

    A guerra levantará o preço das necessidades básicas.

    The war will raise the price of basic necessities.

12. (figurative, takes a reflexive pronoun, intransitive, or transitive with de) to get up (to recover from a setback)

    Nunca nos levantamos do fracasso da empresa.

    We never recovered from the company’s failure.

14. (transitive) to raise (to collect or levy)

    Synonym: arrecadar

    Vou levantar dinheiro do banco.

    I'm going to withdraw money from the bank.

16. (transitive) to build; to erect (to create a building)

    Synonyms: construir, erigir

    A fim de impedir o avanço dos inimigos, o rei levantaria uma muralha.

    In order to stop the enemies’ advance, the king would erect a wall.

18. (transitive) to raise; to put forth (to cause to arise; to create)

    Os novos achados levantam dúvidas acerca da teoria vigente.

    The new findings raise doubts on the current theory.

20. (takes a reflexive pronoun, intransitive, or transitive with contra) to revolt (against); to rebel (against) (to start a rebellion)

    Synonyms: sublevar, rebelar

    Os pobres se levantaram contra o governo.

    The poor revolted against the government.

22. (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking contra) to incite (to provoke into rebellion)

    O ditador levantou seu povo contra os fascistas.

    The dictator incited his people against the fascists.

24. (transitive) to pick up; to collect (to get or collect an item from a designated place)

    Ele foi à loja levantar a encomenda.

    He went to the store to pick up the parcel.

26. (volleyball, intransitive or transitive) to set (to put the ball in the air such that it can be driven by an attack)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of levantar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	levantar
Personal	levantar	levantares	levantar	levantarmos	levantardes	levantarem
Gerund
	levantando
Past participle
Masculine	levantado			levantados
Feminine	levantada			levantadas
Indicative
Present	levanto	levantas	levanta	levantamos	levantais	levantam
Imperfect	levantava	levantavas	levantava	levantávamos	levantáveis	levantavam
Preterite	levantei	levantaste	levantou	levantamos1, levantámos2	levantastes	levantaram
Pluperfect	levantara	levantaras	levantara	levantáramos	levantáreis	levantaram
Future	levantarei	levantarás	levantará	levantaremos	levantareis	levantarão
Conditional	levantaria	levantarias	levantaria	levantaríamos	levantaríeis	levantariam
Subjunctive
Present	levante	levantes	levante	levantemos	levanteis	levantem
Imperfect	levantasse	levantasses	levantasse	levantássemos	levantásseis	levantassem
Future	levantar	levantares	levantar	levantarmos	levantardes	levantarem
Imperative
Affirmative		levanta	levante	levantemos	levantai	levantem
Negative (não)		não levantes	não levante	não levantemos	não levanteis	não levantem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:levantar.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "to stand up"): cair, deitar, sentar
• (antonym(s) of "to make stand up"): derrubar, deitar
• (antonym(s) of "to get out of bed"): deitar
• (antonym(s) of "to lift"): baixar, abaixar
• (antonym(s) of "to raise value"): baixar, abaixar
• (antonym(s) of "to build"): derrubar, destruir
• (antonym(s) of "to revolt"): pacificar

Related terms

• levantamento
• levante

Spanish

Etymology

Either from levante (corresponding to Latin levāntem), the old present participle of levar, itself the Old Spanish form of llevar, from Latin levō, levāre, or from a Vulgar Latin *levantāre, derived from levāns, levānte-, present participle of levō. Compare Portuguese and Galician levantar, Asturian llevantar, Romansch alvantar, leventar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lebanˈtaɾ/ [le.β̞ãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: le‧van‧tar

Verb

levantar (first-person singular present levanto, first-person singular preterite levanté, past participle levantado)

1. to lift

   Nadie podía levantar un coche.

   Nobody could lift a car.

2. to raise, put up

   Synonym: alzar

   Levanta la mano.

   Raise your hand.

   ¿Puedes levantar una sola ceja?

   Can you raise a single eyebrow?

3. to put up; build up (buildings)
4. to increase; turn up (volume, power etc.)
5. to adjourn; close; end (a meeting)

   Synonym: cerrar

   Antonym: abrir

   Se levanta la sesión.

   The session is adjourned.

   El presidente levantó la reunión.

   The president adjourned the meeting.

6. (hunting) to flush out
7. to draw up (plans)
8. to take, make (a census)
9. to remove; get rid of (a prohibition)
10. to nick, rob (steal)
11. to take down (a tent)
12. to give rise to
13. to set up, found (a business)
14. to bring back, make successful again (a business)
15. to take home, earn (money)
16. (card games) to pick (a card)
17. (card games) to beat (a hand)
18. (reflexive) to get up, to get out of bed

    Antonym: acostar

19. (reflexive) to ride; mount (have sex with)
20. to levitate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of levantar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			levantar
gerund			levantando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		levantado		levantada
		plural		levantados		levantadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	levanto	levantastú levantásvos	levanta	levantamos	levantáis	levantan
	imperfect	levantaba	levantabas	levantaba	levantábamos	levantabais	levantaban
	preterite	levanté	levantaste	levantó	levantamos	levantasteis	levantaron
	future	levantaré	levantarás	levantará	levantaremos	levantaréis	levantarán
	conditional	levantaría	levantarías	levantaría	levantaríamos	levantaríais	levantarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	levante	levantestú levantésvos2	levante	levantemos	levantéis	levanten
	imperfect (ra)	levantara	levantaras	levantara	levantáramos	levantarais	levantaran
	imperfect (se)	levantase	levantases	levantase	levantásemos	levantaseis	levantasen
	future1	levantare	levantares	levantare	levantáremos	levantareis	levantaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		levantatú levantávos	levante	levantemos	levantad	levanten
	negative		no levantes	no levante	no levantemos	no levantéis	no levanten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of levantar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive levantar
	dative	levantarme	levantarte	levantarle, levantarse	levantarnos	levantaros	levantarles, levantarse
	accusative	levantarme	levantarte	levantarlo, levantarla, levantarse	levantarnos	levantaros	levantarlos, levantarlas, levantarse
with gerund levantando
	dative	levantándome	levantándote	levantándole, levantándose	levantándonos	levantándoos	levantándoles, levantándose
	accusative	levantándome	levantándote	levantándolo, levantándola, levantándose	levantándonos	levantándoos	levantándolos, levantándolas, levantándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative levanta
	dative	levántame	levántate	levántale	levántanos	not used	levántales
	accusative	levántame	levántate	levántalo, levántala	levántanos	not used	levántalos, levántalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative levantá
	dative	levantame	levantate	levantale	levantanos	not used	levantales
	accusative	levantame	levantate	levantalo, levantala	levantanos	not used	levantalos, levantalas
with formal second-person singular imperative levante
	dative	levánteme	not used	levántele, levántese	levántenos	not used	levánteles
	accusative	levánteme	not used	levántelo, levántela, levántese	levántenos	not used	levántelos, levántelas
with first-person plural imperative levantemos
	dative	not used	levantémoste	levantémosle	levantémonos	levantémoos	levantémosles
	accusative	not used	levantémoste	levantémoslo, levantémosla	levantémonos	levantémoos	levantémoslos, levantémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative levantad
	dative	levantadme	not used	levantadle	levantadnos	levantaos	levantadles
	accusative	levantadme	not used	levantadlo, levantadla	levantadnos	levantaos	levantadlos, levantadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative levanten
	dative	levántenme	not used	levántenle	levántennos	not used	levántenles, levántense
	accusative	levántenme	not used	levántenlo, levántenla	levántennos	not used	levántenlos, levántenlas, levántense

Derived terms

• cayendo y levantando
• levantamiento
• levantar cabeza
• levantar de punto
• levantar el campo
• levantar el cerco
• levantar el cuello
• levantar el dedo
• levantar el espíritu
• levantar el grito
• levantar el real
• levantar el sitio
• levantar el tiempo
• levantar el vuelo
• levantar la cerviz
• levantar la mesa
• levantar la sesión
• levantar los manteles
• levantar ronchas
• levantarse
• levantarse con el pie izquierdo
• sin levantar mano

 

Related terms

• levante
• llevar
• relevante

 

Further reading

• “levantar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014