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levar.

to take (to move something to a destination)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/leˈva(ʁ)/Brazil[leˈva(h)]Brazil/leˈva(ɾ)/São-Paulo/leˈva(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to take (to move something to a destination)

    transitive
    Quem leva a mala?
    Levei a comida à minha irmã.
  2. to take (to move something to a destination) to take away (to remove someone or something from the current location)

    transitive
    Levem esse idiota!
  3. to take (to move something to a destination) to take out (to get food from an eatery to be eaten elsewhere)

    transitive
    É para levar?
  4. to take (to move something to a destination) to accompany; to take (to go with someone somewhere)

    transitive
    Eu te levarei lá.
  5. to take (to move something to a destination) to take to; to bring to (to provide with or introduce to)

    figuratively · transitive
    Os romanos levariam a civilização para a Europa.
  6. to take (to remove something from its rightful place or owner)

    transitive
    O governo levará suas terras se não pagarem os impostos.
  7. to take (to remove something from its rightful place or owner) to sweep away; to blow away (to destructively move something away)

    transitive
    Tornados levaram o telhado da nossa casa.
  8. to take (to remove something from its rightful place or owner) to steal; to take (to illegally take an object from its owner)

    transitive
    Quando entraram na casa viram que alguém tinha levado a televisão.
  9. to take (to remove something from its rightful place or owner) to take; to kill (to cause someone to die)

    euphemistic · transitive
    A infecção levou meu pai.
  10. to take (to be the object of an interaction, especially a violent one)

    transitive
    Ele levara uma flechada no joelho.
    Vamos levar com a culpa deste ataque.
  11. to take (to be the object of an interaction, especially a violent one) to get it (to be punished or beaten up)

    informal · intransitive · transitive
    Fique quieto senão vai levar.
  12. to take (to require a given amount of time)

    transitive
    Quanto tempo leva?
  13. to contain; to take (to have as an ingredient)

    transitive
    Este pastel leva mel.
  14. to take (to have capacity for)

    transitive
    Algum desses baldes leva sete litros?
  15. to carry (to have in one’s immediate possession)

    transitive
    Os refugiados levavam apenas as roupas que vestiam.
  16. to lead to (to have as its destination)

    intransitive
    Todas estradas levam a Roma.
  17. to lead (someone) (to produce or tend to produce a given result)

    figuratively · transitive
    A fome os havia levado ao desespero.
  18. to let oneself be overwhelmed

    pronominal
    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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