levar
Portuguese
/lɨ.ˈvaɾ/, /le.ˈva(ʁ)/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to take to move something to a destination
- (transitive) to take to remove something from its rightful place or owner
- (transitive) to take to be the object of an interaction, especially a violent one
- (transitive) to take to require a given amount of time
- (transitive) to contain; to take to have as an ingredient
- (transitive) to take to have capacity for
- (transitive) to carry to have in one’s immediate possession
- to lead to to have as its destination
- to lead to to produce or tend to produce a given result
- to let oneself be overwhelmed by an emotion or force
- (transitive) to take to face consequences for
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese 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
- leaven English
- leavener English
- leavenest English
- leaveneth English
- leavenless English
- leavenous English
- overleaven English
- unleavenable English
- levo, levāre Latin
- levāre Latin
- levō Latin
- levabile Italian
- levamento Italian
- levare Italian
- levatura Italian
- rilevare Italian
- enlever French
- levage French
- lever French
- levure French
- relever French
- soulever French
- élever French
- conllevar Spanish, Castilian
- levantar Spanish, Castilian
- llevadero Spanish, Castilian
- llevar Spanish, Castilian
- sobrellevar Spanish, Castilian
- enlevar Portuguese
- levain Middle English
- lever Old French
- levi Esperanto
- llevar Catalan, Valencian
- levar Galician
- lua Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- luare Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- lever Middle French
- levar Old Portuguese
- jevâ Friulian
- levâ Friulian
- levar Old Spanish
- łevar Venetian
- levur Dalmatian
- yevar Ladino
- ייבאר Ladino
- leve Haitian, Haitian Creole
- levà Neapolitan
- luvà Neapolitan
- levar Interlingua