llevar
Spanish
[ɟe̞ˈβäɾ], [ʒe̞ˈβäɾ]
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to take, to carry, to take away, to carry away, to carry around, to bring, to bear, to lug (implies to move something further from who speaks)
- (transitive) to take, to take out (implies moving someone further from the speaker)
- to lead, to lead to, to drive, to drive to
- (transitive) to have spend spent time, have been
- (transitive) to wear (short for the more formal llevar puesto (puesto))
- (transitive) to have, include (have as a component, part, accessory or ingredient)
- (transitive) to give a lift, to give a ride
- (colloquial) to hold up, to be doing, to cope
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish levar inherited from Latin levāre (lift).
Origin
Latin
levāre
Gloss
lift
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- levāre Latin
- super Latin
- levare Italian
- conllevar Spanish, Castilian
- llevadero Spanish, Castilian
- sobrellevar Spanish, Castilian
- enlevar Portuguese
- levar Portuguese
- lever Old French
- llevar Catalan, Valencian
- levar Old Portuguese
- jevâ Friulian
- levâ Friulian
- levar Old Spanish
- łevar Venetian
- levur Dalmatian
- yevar Ladino
- ייבאר Ladino
- levà Neapolitan
- luvà Neapolitan