levar
Galician[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician and 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)
- to take, to carry, to transport
- to wear (have equipped on one's body)
- to take (require)
- to take away
- (figuratively) to lead, to push
- (arithmetic) to carry
- to spend an amount of time
- Levo seis anos nas Filipinas.
- I've been in the Philippines for six years.
- (reflexive) to get along with
Conjugation[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- (take): transportar
- (lead): conducir, empuxar
- (get along): leirar
References[edit]
- “levar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “levar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “levar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “levar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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)
Conjugation[edit]
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present | past | future | ||||
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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
levar se
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | levar | ||
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participle | present | perfect | |
levante | levate | ||
active | simple | perfect | |
present | leva | ha levate | |
past | levava | habeva levate | |
future | levara | habera levate | |
conditional | levarea | haberea levate | |
imperative | leva | ||
passive | simple | perfect | |
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 |
Italian[edit]
Verb[edit]
levar
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Occitan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Béarn) (file)
Verb[edit]
levar
Conjugation[edit]
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Old Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin levāre, present active infinitive of levō (“I lift”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
levar
- to take (to carry to a particular destination)
- 13th century CE, 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
- e logo chegar..a alma tomar demões q̇ a leuarõ. mui toſte ſẽ tardar
- Synonym: carregar
Descendants[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Portuguese levar, from Latin levāre.
Related to Spanish llevar, Italian levare, English leaven and French lever.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /leˈva(r)/
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /lɛˈva(h)/
- (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /liˈva(ɹ)/
- Hyphenation: le‧var
Verb[edit]
levar (first-person singular present indicative levo, past participle levado)
- (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.
- Synonym: transportar
- (transitive) to take away (to remove someone or something from the current location)
- Levem esse idiota!
- Take this idiot away!
- (transitive) to take out (to get food from an eatery to be eaten elsewhere)
- É para levar?
- Is it to go?
- (transitive) to accompany; to take (to go with somebody somewhere)
- Eu te levarei lá.
- I’ll take you there.
- Synonym: acompanhar
- (figuratively, transitive) to take to; to bring to (to provide with or introduce to)
- Os romanos levariam a civilização para a Europa.
- Romans then took civilisation to Europe.
- Synonym: trazer
- (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.
- Synonyms: tirar, tomar
- (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.
- Synonym: arrancar
- (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.
- Synonym: roubar
- (euphemistic, transitive) to take; to kill (to cause someone to die)
- A infecção levou meu pai.
- The infection took my father.
- Synonym: matar
- (transitive) to take (to be the object of an interaction, especially a violent one)
- (informal, intransitive) to get it (to be punished or beaten up)
- Fique quieto senão vai levar.
- Be quiet or you will get it.
- (informal, intransitive) to get it (to be punished or beaten up)
- (transitive) to take (to require a given amount of time)
- Quanto tempo leva?
- How long does it take?
- (transitive) to contain; to take (to have as an ingredient)
- Este pastel leva mel.
- This pastry takes honey.
- Synonym: conter
- (transitive) to take (to have capacity for)
- Algum desses baldes leva sete litros?
- Can any of these bucket take seven litres?
- (transitive) to carry (to have in one’s immediate possession)
- (of a path, transitive with a) to lead to (to have as its destination)
- Todas estradas levam a Roma.
- Every road leads to Rome.
- (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.
- (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.
- (transitive) to take (to face consequences for)
- Levaremos a culpa por esse ataque.
- We will take the blame for this attack.
Conjugation[edit]
Notes:[edit] | ||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||
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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 using this term, see Citations:levar.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Latin levāre. Doublet of llevar.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
levar (first-person singular present levo, first-person singular preterite levé, past participle levado)
- (nautical) to raise anchor
- (obsolete) to put up
- (obsolete) Synonym of llevar
- (obsolete) Synonym of quitar
- (obsolete, of a star) to be born
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | levar | ||||||
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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 |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading[edit]
- “levar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
levar
- indefinite plural of lev.
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