levar

See also: lëvar and łevar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese levar, from Latin levāre, present active infinitive of levō.

Verb

levar (first-person singular present levo, first-person singular preterite levei, past participle levado)

1. to take, to carry, to transport
2. to wear (have equipped on one's body)
3. to take (require)
4. (figuratively) to lead, to push
5. (arithmetic) to carry
6. to spend an amount of time

   Levo seis anos nas Filipinas.

   I've been in the Philippines for six years.

7. (reflexive) to get along with

Conjugation

    Conjugation of levar

infinitive			levar
gerund			levando
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		levado		levados
		feminine		levada		levadas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	levo	levas	leva	levamos	levades	levan
	imperfect	levaba	levabas	levaba	levabamos	levabades	levaban
	preterite	levei	levaches	levou	levamos	levastes	levaron
	pluperfect	levara	levaras	levara	levaramos	levarades	levaran
	future	levarei	levarás	levará	levaremos	levaredes	levarán
	conditional	levaría	levarías	levaría	levariamos	levariades	levarían
subjunctive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	leve	leves	leve	levemos	levedes	leven
	preterite	levase	levases	levase	levásemos	levásedes	levasen
	future	levar	levares	levar	levarmos	levardes	levaren
imperative		—	ti	Vde.	nós	vós	Vdes.
	affirmative	—	leva	leve	levemos	levade	leven
	negative	—	leves	leve	levemos	levedes	leven
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
		levar	levares	levar	levarmos	levardes	levaren

Synonyms

• (take): transportar
• (lead): conducir, empuxar
• (get along): leirar

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Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto levi (“to lift”), from Italian levare (“to lift”), French lever (“to lift”), ultimately from Latin levō.

Verb

levar (present tense levas, past tense levis, future tense levos, imperative levez, conditional levus)

1. to lift (up), raise, heft

Conjugation

    Conjugation of levar

		present		past		future
tense		levas		levis		levos
perfect				levabis		levabos
infinitive		levar		levir		levor
imperative		levez		levabez
conditional		levus		levabus
nominal active participle	singular	levanto		levinto		levonto
	plural	levanti		levinti		levonti
nominal passive participle	singular	levato		levito		levoto
	plural	levati		leviti		levoti
active participle		levanta		levinta		levonta
passive participle		levata		levita		levota
adverbial active participle		levante		levinte		levonte
adverbial passive participle		levate		levite		levote

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Interlingua

Etymology

From Italian levare (“to lift”), Spanish levantar (“to lift”), French lever (“to lift”).

Verb

levar

1. to raise, lift

levar se

1. (reflexive) to get up

Conjugation

Conjugation of “levar”

Nominal forms
Infinitive		levar
		Present	Perfect
Participles		levante	levate
Personal forms
		Simple	Perfect
Active voice	Present	leva	ha levate
	Past	levava	habeva levate
	Future	levara	habera levate
	Conditional	levarea	haberea levate
	Imperative	leva	--
Passive voice	Present	es levate	ha essite levate
	Past	esseva levate	habeva essite levate
	Future	essera levate	habera essite levate
	Conditional	esserea levate	haberea essite levate
	Imperative	sia levate	--

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Italian

Verb

levar

1. Apocopic form of levare

Anagrams

• larve

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin levāre, present active infinitive of levō (“I lift”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le.ˈβaɾ/

Verb

levar

1. to take (to carry to a particular destination)
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 26 (facsimile):

     e logo chegar..a alma tomar demões q̇ a leuarõ. mui toſte ſẽ tardar

     and soon devils arrived, seizing the soul, and took it very quickly without delay

Synonyms

• carregar

Descendants

• Fala: leval
• Galician: levar
• Portuguese: levar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese levar, from Latin levāre, present active infinitive of levō.

Related to Spanish llevar, Italian levare, English leaven and French lever.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨˈvaɾ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /le.ˈva(ʁ)/

Verb

levar (first-person singular present indicative levo, past participle levado)

1. (transitive) to take (to move something to a destination)

   Quem leva a mala?

   Who carries the suitcase?

   Levei a comida à minha irmã.

   I took the food to my sister.

   1. (transitive) to take away (to remove someone or something from the current location)

      Levem esse idiota!

      Take this idiot away!

   2. (transitive) to take out (to get food from an eatery to be eaten elsewhere)

      É para levar?

      Is it to go?

   3. (transitive) to accompany; to take (to go with somebody somewhere)

      Eu te levarei lá.

      I’ll take you there.

   4. (figuratively, transitive) to take to; to bring to (to provide with or introduce to)

      Os romanos levarariam civilização à Europa.

      Romans then took civilisation to Europe.

2. (transitive) to take (to remove something from its rightful place or owner)

   O governo levará suas terras se não pagarem os impostos.

   The government will take your lands if you don’t pay the taxes.

   1. (transitive) to sweep away; to blow away (to destructively move something away)

      Tornados levaram o telhado da nossa casa.

      Tornadoes have swept the roof of our house away.

   2. (transitive) to steal; to take (to illegally take an object from its owner)

      Quando entraram na casa viram que alguém havia levado a televisão.

      When they entered the house they saw that someone had taken the television.

   3. (euphemistic, transitive) to take; to kill (to cause someone to die)

      A infecção levou meu pai.

      The infection took my father.

3. (transitive) to take (to be the object of an interaction, especially a violent one)

   Ele levara uma flechada no joelho.

   He had taken an arrow to the knee.

   1. (informal, intransitive) to get it (to be punished or beaten up)

      Fique quieto senão vai levar.

      Be quiet or you will get it.

4. (transitive) to take (to require a given amount of time)

   Quanto tempo leva?

   How long does it take?

5. (transitive) to contain; to take (to have as an ingredient)

   Este pastel leva mel.

   This pastry takes honey.

6. (transitive) to take (to have capacity for)

   Algum desses baldes leva sete litros?

   Can any of these bucket take seven litres?

7. (transitive) to carry (to have in one’s immediate possession)

   Os refugiados levavam apenas as roupas que vestiam.

   The refugees were carrying only the clothes they wore.

8. (of a path, transitive with a) to lead to (to have as its destination)

   Todas estradas levam a Roma.

   Every road leads to Rome.

9. (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking a) to lead to (to produce or tend to produce a given result)

   A fome os havia levado ao desespero.

   Hunger had led them to despair.

10. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with por) to let oneself be overwhelmed by an emotion or force

    Levou-se pelo ódio e acabou matando várias pessoas.

    She was taken over by hatred and ended up killing many people.

11. (transitive) to take (to face consequences for)

    Levaremos a culpa por esse ataque.

    We will take the blame for this attack.

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:levar.

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb levar

Notes:[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. Verbs with this conjugation include: amar, cantar, gritar, marchar, mostrar, nadar, parar, participar, retirar, separar, viajar.
	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	levar
Personal	levar	levares	levar	levarmos	levardes	levarem
Gerund
	levando
Past participle
Masculine	levado			levados
Feminine	levada			levadas
Indicative
Present	levo	levas	leva	levamos	levais	levam
Imperfect	levava	levavas	levava	levávamos	leváveis	levavam
Preterite	levei	levaste	levou	levamos levámos	levastes	levaram
Pluperfect	levara	levaras	levara	leváramos	leváreis	levaram
Future	levarei	levarás	levará	levaremos	levareis	levarão
Conditional
	levaria	levarias	levaria	levaríamos	levaríeis	levariam
Subjunctive
Present	leve	leves	leve	levemos	leveis	levem
Imperfect	levasse	levasses	levasse	levássemos	levásseis	levassem
Future	levar	levares	levar	levarmos	levardes	levarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	leva	leve	levemos	levai	levem
Negative (não)	-	leves	leve	levemos	leveis	levem

Synonyms

• (to move something to a destination): transportar
• (to take away): remover, tirar
• (to accompany): acompanhar
• (to provide with or introduce to): trazer
• (to remove from its rightful place or owner): tirar, tomar
• (to sweep away): arrancar
• (to steal): roubar
• (to kill): matar
• (to be the object of an interaction): tomar, receber
• (to contain): conter
• (to have in immediate possession): ter, carregar

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Swedish

Noun

levar

1. indefinite plural of lev