levar
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-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
- (figurative) 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
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) |
Second-person (ti) |
Third-person (el / ela / Vde.) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | levar | |||||
Personal | levar | levares | levar | levarmos | levardes | levaren |
Gerund | ||||||
levando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | levado | levados | ||||
Feminine | levada | levadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
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 | ||||||
Present | leve | leves | leve | levemos | levedes | leven |
Imperfect | levase | levases | levase | levásemos | levásedes | levasen |
Future | levar | levares | levar | levarmos | levardes | levaren |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | leva | leve | levemos | levade | leven | |
Negative (non) | non leves | non leve | non levemos | non levedes | non leven |
1Less recommended.
Synonyms edit
- (take): transportar
- (lead): conducir, empuxar
- (get along): leirar
Derived terms edit
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 Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “levar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “levar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- “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
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 (apocopated)
Anagrams edit
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Béarn) (file)
Verb edit
levar
Conjugation edit
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | levar | aver levat | |||||
gerund | levant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | levat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | levi | levas | leva | levam | levatz | levan | |
imperfect | levavi | levavas | levava | levàvem | levàvetz | levavan | |
preterite | levèri | levères | levèt | levèrem | levèretz | levèron | |
future | levarai | levaràs | levarà | levarem | levaretz | levaràn | |
conditional | levariái | levariás | levariá | levariam | levariatz | levarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | levèra | levèras | levèra | leveram | leveratz | levèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | leve | leves | leve | levem | levetz | leven | |
imperfect | levèssi | levèsses | levèsse | levèssem | levèssetz | levèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
leva | levem | levatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | levar | aver levat | |||||
gerund | levant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | levat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | leve | leves | leva | levam | levatz | levon | |
imperfect | levave | levaves | levava | levaviam | levaviatz | levavon | |
preterite | levere | leveres | levet | levem | levetz | leveron | |
future | levarai | levaràs | levará | levarem | levaretz | levarán | |
conditional | levariá | levariás | levariá | levariam | levariatz | levarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | levèra | levèras | levèra | leveram | leveratz | levèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | leve | leves | leve | levassiam | levassiatz | levon | |
imperfect | levesse | levesses | levesse | levessiam | levessiatz | levesson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
leva | levassiam | levatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | levar | aver levat | |||||
gerund | levant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | levat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | levi | levas | leva | levam | levatz | levan | |
imperfect | levavi | levavas | levava | levàvam | levàvatz | levavan | |
preterite | levèi | levès | levè | levèm | levètz | levèn | |
future | levarèi | levaràs | levarà | levaram | levaratz | levaràn | |
conditional | levarí | levarés | levaré | levarem | levaretz | levarén | |
conditional 2nd form1 | levèra | levèras | levèra | leveram | leveratz | levèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | levi | leves | leve | levem | levetz | leven | |
imperfect | levèssi | levèsses | levèsse | levèssem | levèssetz | levèssen | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
leva | levem | levatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | levar | aver levat | |||||
gerund | levant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | levat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | leve | levas | leva | levam | levatz | levan | |
imperfect | levava | levavas | levava | levàvam | levàvatz | levavan | |
preterite | levei | leveras | levet | levèram | levèratz | leveran | |
future | levarai | levaràs | levará | levarem | levaretz | levarán | |
conditional | levariá | levariàs | levariá | levariam | levariatz | levarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | levèra | levèras | levèra | leveram | leveratz | levèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | leve | leves | leve | levem | levetz | leven | |
imperfect | levèsse | levèsses | levèsse | levèssem | levèssetz | levèssen | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
leva | levem | levatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | levar | aver levat | |||||
gerund | levant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | levat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | leve | leves | leva | levam | levatz | levan | |
imperfect | levavi | levavas | levava | levàvem | levàvetz | levavan | |
preterite | levère | levères | levèt | leveriam | leveriatz | levèron | |
future | levarai | levaràs | levarà | levarem | levaretz | levaràn | |
conditional | levariáu | levariás | levariá | levariam | levariatz | levarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | levèra | levèras | levèra | leveram | leveratz | levèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | leve | leves | leve | levem | levetz | levan | |
imperfect | levèsse | levèsses | levèsse | levessiam | levessiatz | levèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
leva | levem | levatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
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
Conjugation edit
infinitive | levar | ||||||||
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gerund | levando | ||||||||
past participle | singular | plural | |||||||
masculine | levado | levada | |||||||
feminine | levados | levadas | |||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nós nós outros nós outras |
vós vós outros vós outras |
eles elas | |||
present | levo | levas | leva | levamos | levades | levam¹, levan² | |||
imperfect | levava | levavas | levava | levavamos | levavades | levavam¹, levavan² | |||
preterite | levei | levaste¹, levasche² | levou | levamos | levastes | levarom¹, levaron² | |||
pluperfect | levara | levaras | levara | levaramos | levarades | levaram¹, levaran² | |||
future | levarei | levarás | levará | levaremos | levaredes | levarám¹, levarán² | |||
conditional | levaría | levarías | levaría | levariamos | levariades | levaríam¹, levarían² | |||
subjunctive | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nós nós outros nós outras |
vós vós outros vós outras |
eles elas | |||
present | leve | leves | leve | levemos | levedes | levem¹, leven² | |||
preterite | levasse | levasses | levasse | levassemos | levassedes | levassem¹, levassen² | |||
future | levar | levares | levar | levarmos | levardes | levarem¹, levaren² | |||
imperative | — | tu | vossa mercee | nós nós outros nós outras |
vós vós outros vós outras |
— | |||
affirmative | — | leva | leve | levemos | levade | — | |||
negative | — | non leves | non leve | non levemos | non levedes | — | |||
personal infinitive | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nós nós outros nós outras |
vós vós outros vós outras |
eles elas | |||
levar | levares | levar | levarmos | levardes | levarem¹, levaren² | ||||
¹ Used in Portugal ² Used in Galicia |
Descendants edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese levar, from Latin levāre. Compare Galician levar, Spanish llevar, French lever, Italian levare.
Pronunciation edit
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /lɛˈva(h)/
- (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /liˈva(ɹ)/
- Hyphenation: le‧var
Verb edit
levar (first-person singular present levo, first-person singular preterite levei, 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)
- (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
- (figurative, 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 tinha 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)
- Ele levara uma flechada no joelho.
- He had taken an arrow to the knee.
- Vamos levar com a culpa deste ataque.
- We will take the blame for this attack.
- Synonyms: tomar, receber
- (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.
- Synonym: conter
- (transitive) to take (to have capacity for)
- Algum desses baldes leva sete litros?
- Can any of those buckets 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.
Conjugation 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 | levamos1, levámos2 | 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) | não leves | não leve | não levemos | não leveis | não levem |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
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