levar

See also: lëvar, łevar, and Levar

Galician

Alternative forms

• lovar

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin levāre

Old Galician-Portuguese levar

Galician levar

Inherited 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 Santamarina, 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, 2012–2026
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. 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), 2014–2026
• 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈvar/
• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: le‧vàr

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]	levavam2 [levavˈãŋ]	levavatz2 [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 [levˈɛʀu]	levèras [levˈɛʀas]	levèra, levère [levˈɛʀa], [levˈɛʀe]	leveram [leveʀˈãŋ]	leveratz [leveʀˈas]	levèron [levˈɛʀu(ŋ)]
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior1	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]	1Obsolete or literary. 2Attested rarely in the upper Tinée valley (06).
1 : formal. 2 : sometimes reduplicated ; levavavam [levavavˈãŋ], levavavatz [levavavˈas].

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin levāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le.ˈβaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

levar

1. to take (to carry to a particular destination)
   • a. 1284, 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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of levar

infinitive				levar
gerund		simple		levando
		compound		gerund of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		levado		levados
		feminine		levada		levadas
present participle				levante		levantes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	levo	levas	leva	levamos	levades, levaes, levais, levaas, levás	levan
	imperfect	levava	levavas	levava	levavamos, levávamos	levavades, levávades, levávaes, levávais, levávees, leváveis	levavan
	preterite	levei	levaste, levasche, levache	levou	levamos	levastes	levaron
	pluperfect	levara	levaras	levara	levaramos, leváramos	levarades, levárades, leváraes, levárais, levárees, leváreis	levaran
	future	levarei	levarás	levará	levaremos	levaredes, levarees, levareis, levarês	levarán
	conditional	levaria	levarias	levaria	levariamos, levaríamos	levariades, levaríades, levaríaes, levaríais, levaríees, levaríeis	levarian
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect anterior	simple pluperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	leve	leves	leve	levemos	levedes, levees, leveis, levês	leven
	imperfect	levasse	levasses	levasse	levassemos, levássemos	levassedes, levássedes, levássees, levásseis	levassen
	future	levar	levares	levar	levarmos	levardes	levaren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	—	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	leva	—	levemos	levade, levae, levai	—
negative		—	non leves	—	non levemos	non levedes, non levees, non leveis, non levês	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
		levar	levares	levar	levarmos	levardes	levaren
1 Haver is more common than tẽer.

Descendants

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin levāre

Old Galician-Portuguese levar

Portuguese levar

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈva(ʁ)/ [leˈva(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈva(ʁ)/ [leˈva(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /leˈva(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /leˈva(ʁ)/ [leˈva(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /leˈva(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨˈvaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨˈvaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨˈbaɾ/ [lɨˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨˈva.ɾi/

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

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: le‧var

Verb

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) [with a ‘a 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) [with direct object ‘someone’ and a ‘to a result’]

    A fome os havia levado ao desespero.

    Hunger had led them to despair.

20. (pronominal) to let oneself be overwhelmed [with por ‘by an emotion or force’]

    Levou-se pelo ódio e acabou matando várias pessoas.

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of levar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (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	levais	levam
Imperfect	levava	levavas	levava	levávamos	leváveis	levavam
Preterite	levei	levaste	levou	levamos1, levámos2	levastes	levaram
Pluperfect	levara	levaras	levara	leváramos	leváreis	levaram
Future	levarei	levarás	levará	levaremos	levareis	levarão
Conditional	levaria	levarias	levaria	levaríamos	levaríeis	levariam
Subjunctive
Present	leve	leves	leve	levemos	leveis	levem
Imperfect	levasse	levasses	levasse	levássemos	levásseis	levassem
Future	levar	levares	levar	levarmos	levardes	levarem
Imperative
Affirmative		leva	leve	levemos	levai	levem
Negative (não)		não leves	não leve	não levemos	não leveis	não levem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:levar.

Derived terms

• levar no cu
• levar vantagem

Further reading

• “levar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus

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Proto-Italic *breɣʷisinflu.

Proto-Italic *leɣʷis

Latin levis

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin levāre

Spanish levar

Inherited from Latin levāre. Doublet of llevar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of levar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			levar
gerund			levando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		levado		levada
		plural		levados		levadas
		singular			plural
		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	levo	levastú levásvos	leva	levamos	leváis	levan
	imperfect	levaba	levabas	levaba	levábamos	levabais	levaban
	preterite	levé	levaste	levó	levamos	levasteis	levaron
	future	levaré	levarás	levará	levaremos	levaréis	levarán
	conditional	levaría	levarías	levaría	levaríamos	levaríais	levarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	leve	levestú levésvos2	leve	levemos	levéis	leven
	imperfect (ra)	levara	levaras	levara	leváramos	levarais	levaran
	imperfect (se)	levase	levases	levase	levásemos	levaseis	levasen
	future1	levare	levares	levare	leváremos	levareis	levaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		levatú levávos	leve	levemos	levad	leven
	negative		no leves	no leve	no levemos	no levéis	no leven

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of levar

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 levar	dative	levarme	levarte	levarle, levarse	levarnos	levaros	levarles, levarse
	accusative	levarme	levarte	levarlo, levarla, levarse	levarnos	levaros	levarlos, levarlas, levarse
with gerund levando	dative	levándome	levándote	levándole, levándose	levándonos	levándoos	levándoles, levándose
	accusative	levándome	levándote	levándolo, levándola, levándose	levándonos	levándoos	levándolos, levándolas, levándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative leva	dative	lévame	lévate	lévale	lévanos	not used	lévales
	accusative	lévame	lévate	lévalo, lévala	lévanos	not used	lévalos, lévalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative levá	dative	levame	levate	levale	levanos	not used	levales
	accusative	levame	levate	levalo, levala	levanos	not used	levalos, levalas
with formal second-person singular imperative leve	dative	léveme	not used	lévele, lévese	lévenos	not used	léveles
	accusative	léveme	not used	lévelo, lévela, lévese	lévenos	not used	lévelos, lévelas
with first-person plural imperative levemos	dative	not used	levémoste	levémosle	levémonos	levémoos	levémosles
	accusative	not used	levémoste	levémoslo, levémosla	levémonos	levémoos	levémoslos, levémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative levad	dative	levadme	not used	levadle	levadnos	levaos	levadles
	accusative	levadme	not used	levadlo, levadla	levadnos	levaos	levadlos, levadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative leven	dative	lévenme	not used	lévenle	lévennos	not used	lévenles, lévense
	accusative	lévenme	not used	lévenlo, lévenla	lévennos	not used	lévenlos, lévenlas, lévense

Further reading

• “levar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026
• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “levar”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA
• levar | Diccionario • DELE Ahora

Swedish

Noun

levar

1. indefinite plural of lev

Anagrams

• alver, velar