relevar

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From Latin relevāre. Compare the inherited doublet relvar (“to raise the fallow”), cf. also ralbar, from a Leonese variant.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /releˈbaɾ/ [re.leˈβ̞aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: re‧le‧var

Verb edit

relevar (first-person singular present relevo, first-person singular preterite relevé, past participle relevado)

to take over for

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of relevar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			relevar
gerund			relevando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		relevado		relevada
		plural		relevados		relevadas
		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	relevo	relevas^{^tú} relevás^{^vos}	releva	relevamos	releváis	relevan
	imperfect	relevaba	relevabas	relevaba	relevábamos	relevabais	relevaban
	preterite	relevé	relevaste	relevó	relevamos	relevasteis	relevaron
	future	relevaré	relevarás	relevará	relevaremos	relevaréis	relevarán
	conditional	relevaría	relevarías	relevaría	relevaríamos	relevaríais	relevarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	releve	releves^{^tú} relevés^{^vos²}	releve	relevemos	relevéis	releven
	imperfect (ra)	relevara	relevaras	relevara	releváramos	relevarais	relevaran
	imperfect (se)	relevase	relevases	relevase	relevásemos	relevaseis	relevasen
	future¹	relevare	relevares	relevare	releváremos	relevareis	relevaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		releva^{^tú} relevá^{^vos}	releve	relevemos	relevad	releven
	negative		no releves	no releve	no relevemos	no relevéis	no releven

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

Selected combined forms of relevar

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 relevar
	dative	relevarme	relevarte	relevarle, relevarse	relevarnos	relevaros	relevarles, relevarse
	accusative	relevarme	relevarte	relevarlo, relevarla, relevarse	relevarnos	relevaros	relevarlos, relevarlas, relevarse

with gerund relevando
	dative	relevándome	relevándote	relevándole, relevándose	relevándonos	relevándoos	relevándoles, relevándose
	accusative	relevándome	relevándote	relevándolo, relevándola, relevándose	relevándonos	relevándoos	relevándolos, relevándolas, relevándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative releva
	dative	relévame	relévate	relévale	relévanos	not used	relévales
	accusative	relévame	relévate	relévalo, relévala	relévanos	not used	relévalos, relévalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative relevá
	dative	relevame	relevate	relevale	relevanos	not used	relevales
	accusative	relevame	relevate	relevalo, relevala	relevanos	not used	relevalos, relevalas

with formal second-person singular imperative releve
	dative	reléveme	not used	relévele, relévese	relévenos	not used	reléveles
	accusative	reléveme	not used	relévelo, relévela, relévese	relévenos	not used	relévelos, relévelas

with first-person plural imperative relevemos
	dative	not used	relevémoste	relevémosle	relevémonos	relevémoos	relevémosles
	accusative	not used	relevémoste	relevémoslo, relevémosla	relevémonos	relevémoos	relevémoslos, relevémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative relevad
	dative	relevadme	not used	relevadle	relevadnos	relevaos	relevadles
	accusative	relevadme	not used	relevadlo, relevadla	relevadnos	relevaos	relevadlos, relevadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative releven
	dative	relévenme	not used	relévenle	relévennos	not used	relévenles, relévense
	accusative	relévenme	not used	relévenlo, relévenla	relévennos	not used	relévenlos, relévenlas, relévense

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

relevante