rellevar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin relevāre, influenced by llevar.

Verb

rellevar (first-person singular present rellevo, first-person singular preterite relleví, past participle rellevat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to relieve (to free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place)
2. (transitive) to relieve (to release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rellevar (first conjugation)

infinitive			rellevar
gerund			rellevant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rellevat		rellevada
		plural		rellevats		rellevades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	rellevo	relleves	relleva	rellevem	relleveu	relleven
	imperfect	rellevava	rellevaves	rellevava	rellevàvem	rellevàveu	rellevaven
	future	rellevaré	rellevaràs	rellevarà	rellevarem	rellevareu	rellevaran
	preterite	relleví	rellevares	rellevà	rellevàrem	rellevàreu	rellevaren
	conditional	rellevaria	rellevaries	rellevaria	rellevaríem	rellevaríeu	rellevarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	rellevi	rellevis	rellevi	rellevem	relleveu	rellevin
	imperfect	rellevés	rellevessis	rellevés	rellevéssim	rellevéssiu	rellevessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	relleva	rellevi	rellevem	relleveu	rellevin
	negative (no)	—	no rellevis	no rellevi	no rellevem	no relleveu	no rellevin

Derived terms

• relleu

Further reading

• “rellevar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “rellevar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “rellevar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “rellevar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.