levantar

Spanish

verb

Definitions

to lift
to raise, put up
to put up; build up (buildings)
to increase; turn up (volume, power etc.)
to adjourn; close; end (a meeting)
(hunting) to flush out
to draw up (plans)
to take, make (a census)
to remove; get rid of (a prohibition)
to nick, rob steal
to take down (a tent)
to give rise to
to set up, found (a business)
to bring back, make successful again (a business)
to take home, earn (money)
(card games) to pick (a card)
(card games) to beat (a hand)
(reflexive) to get up
(reflexive) to ride; mount have sex with

Etymology

Inherited from Latin levans, levāns, levāntem (raising), *levantāre.

Origin

Latin

*levantāre

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