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elevar.

to raise; to lift (to bring or take upwards)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/e.leˈva(ʁ)/Brazil[e.leˈva(h)]Brazil/e.leˈva(ɾ)/São-Paulo/e.leˈva(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to raise; to lift (to bring or take upwards)

  2. to increase (to make a value or quantity larger)

  3. to put on a pedestal (to hold in very high esteem)

    figuratively
  4. to tower over; to loom over

    reflexive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰusder. ▲ Proto-Italic *breɣʷisinflu.? Proto-Italic *leɣʷis Latin levis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin levō Latin ēlevārelbor. Portuguese elevar Learned borrowing from Latin ēlevāre (“to raise”).

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