levar

GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /leˈβaɾ/

VerbEdit

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)
(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

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of levar

person		singular			plural
infinitive			levar
gerund			levando
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		levado		levados
		feminine		levada		levadas
person		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 termsEdit

levada

SynonymsEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

“levar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
“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.

IdoEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

VerbEdit

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

to lift (up), raise, heft

ConjugationEdit

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
nominal active participle	plural	levanti	levinti	levonti
adjective passive participle		levata	levita	levota
adverbial passive participle		levate	levite	levote
nominal passive participle	singular	levato	levito	levoto
nominal passive participle	plural	levati	leviti	levoti

InterlinguaEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

VerbEdit

levar

to raise, lift

levar se

(reflexive) to get up

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of levar

participle		present	perfect
infinitive		levar
participle		levante	levate
active	present	simple	perfect
	present	leva	ha levate
	past	levava	habeva levate
	future	levara	habera levate
	conditional	levarea	haberea levate
	imperative	leva
passive	present	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

ItalianEdit

VerbEdit

levar

Apocopic form of levare

AnagramsEdit

larve

Old PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /le.ˈβaɾ/

VerbEdit

levar

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
Synonym: carregar

DescendantsEdit

Fala: leval
Galician: levar
Portuguese: levar

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

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

PronunciationEdit

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

VerbEdit

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.
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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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)
Os refugiados levavam apenas as roupas que vestiam.
The refugees were carrying only the clothes they wore.
(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.

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb levar

	Singular			Plural
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.
	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

QuotationsEdit

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

SynonymsEdit

(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

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin levo. Doublet of llevar.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /leˈbaɾ/, [leˈβaɾ]

VerbEdit

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

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of levar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

		singular			plural
infinitive			levar
gerund			levando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		levado		levada
		plural		levados		levadas
		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	levas^tú levás^{^vos}	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	leves^{^tú} levés^{^vos²}	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		leva^{^tú} levá^{^vos}	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 levar^{edit 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

SwedishEdit

NounEdit

levar

indefinite plural of lev

levar

Contents

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InterlinguaEdit

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AnagramsEdit

Old PortugueseEdit

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PronunciationEdit

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DescendantsEdit

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

ConjugationEdit

QuotationsEdit

SynonymsEdit

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

ConjugationEdit

Further readingEdit

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