levar.
to take (to move something to a destination)
Meaning & usage
to take (to move something to a destination)
Quem leva a mala?
Levei a comida à minha irmã.
to take (to move something to a destination) to take away (to remove someone or something from the current location)
Levem esse idiota!
to take (to move something to a destination) to take out (to get food from an eatery to be eaten elsewhere)
É para levar?
to take (to move something to a destination) to accompany; to take (to go with someone somewhere)
Eu te levarei lá.
to take (to move something to a destination) to take to; to bring to (to provide with or introduce to)
Os romanos levariam a civilização para a Europa.
to take (to remove something from its rightful place or owner)
O governo levará suas terras se não pagarem os impostos.
to take (to remove something from its rightful place or owner) to sweep away; to blow away (to destructively move something away)
Tornados levaram o telhado da nossa casa.
to take (to remove something from its rightful place or owner) to steal; to take (to illegally take an object from its owner)
Quando entraram na casa viram que alguém tinha levado a televisão.
to take (to remove something from its rightful place or owner) to take; to kill (to cause someone to die)
A infecção levou meu pai.
to take (to be the object of an interaction, especially a violent one)
Ele levara uma flechada no joelho.
Vamos levar com a culpa deste ataque.
to take (to be the object of an interaction, especially a violent one) to get it (to be punished or beaten up)
Fique quieto senão vai levar.
to take (to require a given amount of time)
Quanto tempo leva?
to contain; to take (to have as an ingredient)
Este pastel leva mel.
to take (to have capacity for)
Algum desses baldes leva sete litros?
to carry (to have in one’s immediate possession)
Os refugiados levavam apenas as roupas que vestiam.
to lead to (to have as its destination)
Todas estradas levam a Roma.
to lead (someone) (to produce or tend to produce a given result)
A fome os havia levado ao desespero.
to let oneself be overwhelmed
Levou-se pelo ódio e acabou matando várias pessoas.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese levar, from Latin levāre. Compare Galician levar, Spanish llevar, French lever, Italian levare, Romanian luare.
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