levar

See also: lëvar, łevar, and Levar

Galician

Alternative forms

• lovar

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese levar, from Latin levāre.

Pronunciation

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

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. (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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of levar

	Singular			Plural
	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

    Reintegrated conjugation of levar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / 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	levades, levais	levam
Imperfect	levava	levavas	levava	levávamos	levávades, leváveis, levávais1	levavam
Preterite	levei	levaste, levache1	levou	levamos	levastes	levárom, levaram
Pluperfect	levara	levaras	levara	leváramos	levárades, leváreis, levárais1	levaram
Future	levarei	levarás	levará	levaremos	levaredes, levareis	levarám, levarão
Conditional	levaria	levarias	levaria	levaríamos	levaríades, levaríeis, levaríais1	levariam
Subjunctive
Present	leve	leves	leve	levemos	levedes, leveis	levem
Imperfect	levasse	levasses	levasse	levássemos	levássedes, levásseis	levassem
Future	levar	levares	levar	levarmos	levardes	levarem
Imperative
Affirmative		leva	leve	levemos	levade, levai	levem
Negative (nom)		nom leves	nom leve	nom levemos	nom levedes, nom leveis	nom levem

¹Less recommended.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• levada

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “levar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (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, 2012–2025
• 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 (in Galician), 2014–2025
• 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

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

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	—

Italian

Verb

levar (apocopated)

1. apocopic form of levare

Anagrams

• larve, verla

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin levō.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Verb

levar

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

Conjugation

    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

    Niçard

		simple			compound
infinitive		levar [levˈa]			aver levat [levˈa(te)]
gerund		levant [levˈãŋ]			use gerund of èstre + past participle
past participle		levat [levˈa(te)]			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	eu, ela	nautres	vautres	elu, eli
	present	lèvi [lˈɛvi]	lèves [lˈɛves]	lèva [lˈɛva]	levam1, levèm [levˈãŋ], [levˈɛ̃ŋ]	levatz1, levètz [levˈas], [levˈɛs]	lèvon [lˈɛvu(ŋ)]
	imperfect	levavi [levˈavi]	levaves [levˈaves]	levava [levˈava]	levavam [levavˈãŋ]	levavatz [levavˈas]	levàvon [levˈavu(ŋ)]
	preterite1	levèri [levˈɛʀi]	levères [levˈɛʀes]	levèt [levˈɛ]	leveriam [leveʀjˈãŋ]	leveriatz [leverjˈas]	levèron [levˈɛʀu(ŋ)]
	future	leverai [leveʀˈai̯]	leveràs [leveʀˈas]	leverà [leveʀˈa]	leverèm [leveʀˈɛ̃ŋ]	leverètz [leveʀˈɛs]	leveràn [leveʀˈãŋ]
	conditional	leverii [leveʀˈiji]	leveries [leveʀˈijes]	leveria [leveʀˈija]	leveriavam [leveʀjavˈãŋ]	leveriavatz [leveʀjavˈas]	leverion [leveʀˈiju(ŋ)]
	conditional 2nd form2	levèro [levˈɛru]	levèras [levˈɛrɔs]	levèra, levère [levˈɛrɔ], [levˈɛre]	leveram [leverˈãŋ]	leveratz [leverˈas]	levèron [levˈɛru(ŋ)]
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 eu, ela	que nautres	que vautres	que elu, eli
	present	lèvi [lˈɛvi]	lèves [lˈɛves]	lève [lˈɛve]	levem [levˈẽŋ]	levetz [levˈes]	lèvon [lˈɛvu(ŋ)]
	imperfect	levessi [levˈesi]	levesses [levˈeses]	levesse [levˈese]	levessiam1, levessèm [levesjˈãŋ], [levesˈɛ̃ŋ]	levessiatz1, levessètz [levesjˈas], [levesˈɛs]	levesson [levˈesu(ŋ)]
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nautres	vautres	—
			lèva [lˈɛva]		levem [levˈẽŋ]	levatz [levˈas]	1Mostly obsolete 2Attested extremely rarely in Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée (06)
1 : formal