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levantar

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Galician

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Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese levantar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), itself from a Vulgar Latin *levantāre, from Latin levans, levante-, present participle of levō.

Pronunciation

Verb

levantar (first-person singular present levanto, first-person singular preterite levantei, past participle levantado)

  1. to lift; to raise
    Synonyms: alzar, erguer
  2. to pick up
    Synonym: apañar
  3. to stand (place upright)
  4. (reflexive) to stand up
  5. (reflexive) to get up (rise from one’s bed)
    Synonym: erguer
  6. to put up (build a structure)
    Synonyms: alzar, erguer
    • 1380, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 610:
      mando a meu heree que faça leuantar a hermida de san paayo de mallos
      I order my heir to make put up the shrine of Saint Pelagius at Mallos
  7. (reflexive) to rise up (rebel)
    Synonym: rebelar

Conjugation

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