levar

• lovar

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese levar, from Latin levāre.

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

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

• (take): transportar
• (lead): conducir, empuxar
• (get along): leirar

• levada

• 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

From Esperanto levi (“to lift”), from Italian levare (“to lift”), French lever (“to lift”), ultimately from Latin levō.

levar (present tense levas, past tense levis, future tense levos, imperative levez, conditional levus)

1. to lift (up), raise, heft

From Italian levare (“to lift”), Spanish levantar (“to lift”), French lever (“to lift”).

levar

1. to raise, lift

levar se

1. (reflexive) to get up

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

levar (apocopated)

1. apocopic form of levare

• larve, verla

From Latin levō.

• Audio (Béarn):

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levar

1. to remove, to take off, to take away

Inherited from Latin levāre.

• IPA^(key): /le.ˈβaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

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

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

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

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

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: le‧var

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.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:levar.

• levar no cu
• levar vantagem

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

Inherited from Latin levāre. Doublet of llevar.

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

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

• “levar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• 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

levar

1. indefinite plural of lev

• alver, velar