levar

See also: lëvar and łevar

Galician

Alternative forms

• lovar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈβaɾ/

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. to take away
5. (figuratively) to lead, to push
6. (arithmetic) to carry
7. to spend an amount of time

   Levo seis anos nas Filipinas.

   I've been in the Philippines for six years.

8. (reflexive) to get along with

Conjugation

Conjugation of levar

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	levar
personal	levar	levares	levar	levarmos	levardes	levaren
Gerund
	levando
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	levado			levados
feminine	levada			levadas
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	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	leva	leve	levemos	levade	leven
negative	–	leves	leve	levemos	levedes	leven

Derived terms

• levada

Synonyms

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

References

• “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.

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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
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

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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

infinitive		levar
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

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Italian

Verb

levar

1. Apocopic form of levare

Anagrams

• larve, verla

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Occitan

Etymology

From Latin levō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

levar

1. to remove, to take off, to take away

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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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 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

   Synonym: carregar

Descendants

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese levar, from Latin levāre.

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /leˈva(ʁ)/, [leˈva(h)]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /leˈva(ʁ)/, [leˈva(h)]
  • IPA^(key): (São Paulo) /leˈva(ɾ)/, [leˈva(ɾ)]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio de Janeiro) /leˈva(ʁ)/, [leˈva(χ)]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /lɨˈvaɾ/, [lɨˈvaɾ]

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈva(r)/
• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /lɛˈva(h)/
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /liˈva(ɹ)/
• Hyphenation: le‧var

Verb

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.

   Synonym: transportar

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

      Levem esse idiota!

      Take this idiot away!

   Synonyms: remover, tirar

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

      É para levar?

      Is it to go?

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

      Eu te levarei lá.

      I’ll take you there.

   Synonym: acompanhar

   2. (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

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.

   Synonyms: tirar, tomar

   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.

   Synonym: arrancar

   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.

   Synonym: roubar

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

      A infecção levou meu pai.

      The infection took my father.

   Synonym: matar

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.

   Synonyms: tomar, receber

   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.

    Synonym: conter

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.

    Synonyms: ter, carregar

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

  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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:levar.

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin levāre. Doublet of llevar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈbaɾ/, [leˈβ̞aɾ]

Verb

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

    Conjugation of levar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

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

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of levar

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 tú imperative leva
	dative	lévame	lévate	lévale	lévanos	not used	lévales
	accusative	lévame	lévate	lévalo, lévala	lévanos	not used	lévalos, lévalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative levá
	dative	levame	levate	levale	levanos	not used	levales
	accusative	levame	levate	levalo, levala	levanos	not used	levalos, levalas
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

• “levar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Noun

levar

1. indefinite plural of lev.

Anagrams

• alver, velar