levar

• lovar

From Old Galician-Portuguese levar, from Latin levāre.

• IPA^(key): /leˈbaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: le‧var

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. (figurative) 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

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

• levada

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “levar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “levar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “levar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “levar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “levar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “levar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

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

1. to lift (up), raise, heft

    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

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

levar

1. to raise, lift

levar se

1. (reflexive) to get up

levar (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of levare

• larve, verla

From Latin levō.

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

levar

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

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
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

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
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

    Gascon

		simple			compound
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

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
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

    Provençau

		simple			compound
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

Inherited from Latin levāre.

• IPA^(key): /le.ˈβaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

levar

1. to take (to carry to a particular destination)
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, 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

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

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese levar, from Latin levāre. Compare Galician levar, Spanish llevar, French lever, Italian levare, Romanian luare.

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /lɛˈva(h)/
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /liˈva(ɹ)/

• Audio (Northern Portugal):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: le‧var

levar (first-person singular present levo, first-person singular preterite levei, 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

   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 someone somewhere)

      Eu te levarei lá.

      I’ll take you there.

      Synonym: acompanhar

   8. (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

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

   4. (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

   6. (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.

   Vamos levar com a culpa deste ataque.

   We will take the blame for this attack.

   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 those buckets 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. (intransitive, of a path) to lead to (to have as its destination)

    Todas estradas levam a Roma.

    Every road leads to Rome.

18. (transitive, figurative) to lead (someone) (to produce or tend to produce a given result)

    A fome os havia levado ao desespero.

    Hunger had led them to despair.

20. (pronominal) to let oneself be overwhelmed

    Levou-se pelo ódio e acabou matando várias pessoas.

    She was taken over by hatred and ended up killing many people.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:levar.

• levar no cu
• levar vantagem

Inherited from Latin levāre. Doublet of llevar.

• IPA^(key): /leˈbaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: le‧var

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

• “levar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

levar

1. indefinite plural of lev

• alver, velar