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levantar.

to lift

8 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/lebanˈtaɾ/[le.β̞ãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
  1. to lift

    Nadie podía levantar un coche.
  2. to raise; to put up

    Levanta la mano.
    ¿Puedes levantar una sola ceja?
  3. to put up; to build up (buildings)

  4. to increase; to turn up (volume, power etc.)

  5. to adjourn; to close; to end (a meeting)

    Se levanta la sesión.
    El presidente levantó la reunión.
  6. to flush out

  7. to draw up (plans)

  8. to take, make (a census)

  9. to remove; get rid of (a prohibition)

  10. to nick, rob (steal)

  11. to take down (a tent)

  12. to give rise to

  13. to set up, found (a business)

  14. to bring back, make successful again (a business)

  15. to take home; to earn (money)

  16. to pick (a card)

  17. to beat (a hand)

  18. to get up; to get out of bed

    reflexive
  19. to ride; to mount (have sex with)

    reflexive
  20. to levitate

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Spanish levantar, either from levante (corresponding to Latin levāntem), the old present participle of levar, itself the Old Spanish form of llevar, from Latin levō, levāre, or from a Vulgar Latin *levantāre, derived from levāns, levānte-, present participle of levō. Compare Galician and Portuguese levantar, Asturian llevantar, Romansh alvantar, leventar.

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