levar

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See also: lëvar and łevar

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

    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

Derived terms[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

Ido[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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

  1. to lift (up), raise, heft

Conjugation[edit]

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

Interlingua[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

levar

  1. to raise, lift

levar se

  1. (reflexive) to get up

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of “levar”


Nominal forms
Infinitivelevar
PresentPerfect
Participleslevantelevate
Personal forms
SimplePerfect
Active voicePresentlevaha levate
Pastlevavahabeva levate
Futurelevarahabera levate
Conditionallevareahaberea levate
Imperativeleva--
Passive voicePresentes levateha essite levate
Pastesseva levatehabeva essite levate
Futureessera levatehabera essite levate
Conditionalesserea levatehaberea essite levate
Imperativesia levate--


Italian[edit]

Verb[edit]

levar

  1. Apocopic form of levare

Anagrams[edit]

Old Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

levar

  1. to take (to carry to a particular destination)

Synonyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

  2. (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.
    2. (transitive) to take away (to remove someone or something from the current location)
      Levem esse idiota!
      Take this idiot away!
    4. (transitive) to take out (to get food from an eatery to be eaten elsewhere)
      É para levar?
      Is it to go?
    6. (transitive) to accompany; to take (to go with somebody somewhere)
      Eu te levarei lá.
      I’ll take you there.
    8. (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.
  4. (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.
    2. (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.
    4. (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.
    6. (euphemistic, transitive) to take; to kill (to cause someone to die)
      A infecção levou meu pai.
      The infection took my father.
  6. (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.
    2. (informal, intransitive) to get it (to be punished or beaten up)
      Fique quieto senão vai levar.
      Be quiet or you will get it.
  8. (transitive) to take (to require a given amount of time)
    Quanto tempo leva?
    How long does it take?
  10. (transitive) to contain; to take (to have as an ingredient)
    Este pastel leva mel.
    This pastry takes honey.
  12. (transitive) to take (to have capacity for)
    Algum desses baldes leva sete litros?
    Can any of these bucket take seven litres?
  14. (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.
  16. (of a path, transitive with a) to lead to (to have as its destination)
    Todas estradas levam a Roma.
    Every road leads to Rome.
  18. (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.
  20. (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.
  22. (transitive) to take (to face consequences for)
    Levaremos a culpa por esse ataque.
    We will take the blame for this attack.

Conjugation[edit]

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb levar
Notes:[edit]
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

Quotations[edit]

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:levar.

Synonyms[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin levo. Doublet of llevar.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /leˈbaɾ/, [leˈβaɾ]

Verb[edit]

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

  1. (nautical) to raise anchor
  2. (obsolete) to put up
  3. (obsolete) Synonym of llevar
  4. (obsolete) Synonym of quitar
  5. (obsolete, of a star) to be born

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of levar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive levar
gerund levando
past participle masculine feminine
singular levado levada
plural levados levadas
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 levo levastú
levásvos 		leva levamos leváis levan
imperfect levaba levabas levaba levábamos levabais levaban
preterite levé levaste levó levamos levasteis levaron
future levaré levarás levará levaremos levaréis levarán
conditional levaría levarías levaría levaríamos levaríais levarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present leve levestú
levésvos2 		leve levemos levéis leven
imperfect
(ra) 		levara levaras levara leváramos levarais levaran
imperfect
(se) 		levase levases levase levásemos levaseis levasen
future1 levare levares levare leváremos levareis levaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative levatú
levávos 		leve levemos levad leven
negative no leves no leve no levemos no levéis no leven
  • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
  • 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
    Selected combined forms of levaredit data

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 levar
dative levarme levarte levarle, levarse levarnos levaros levarles, levarse
accusative levarme levarte levarlo, levarla, levarse levarnos levaros levarlos, levarlas, levarse
with gerund levando
dative levándome levándote levándole, levándose levándonos levándoos levándoles, levándose
accusative levándome levándote levándolo, levándola, levándose levándonos levándoos levándolos, levándolas, levándose
with informal second-person singular imperative leva
dative lévame lévate lévale lévanos not used lévales
accusative lévame lévate lévalo, lévala lévanos not used lévalos, lévalas
with formal second-person singular imperative leve
dative léveme not used lévele, lévese lévenos not used léveles
accusative léveme not used lévelo, lévela, lévese lévenos not used lévelos, lévelas
with first-person plural imperative levemos
dative not used levémoste levémosle levémonos levémoos levémosles
accusative not used levémoste levémoslo, levémosla levémonos levémoos levémoslos, levémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative levad
dative levadme not used levadle levadnos levaos levadles
accusative levadme not used levadlo, levadla levadnos levaos levadlos, levadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative leven
dative lévenme not used lévenle lévennos not used lévenles, lévense
accusative lévenme not used lévenlo, lévenla lévennos not used lévenlos, lévenlas, lévense

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

levar

  1. indefinite plural of lev
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