levantar

• alevantar, lovantar

From Old Galician-Portuguese levantar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), itself from a Vulgar Latin *levantāre, from Latin levans, levante-, present participle of levō.

• IPA^(key): [leβanˈtaɾ]

levantar (first-person singular present levanto, first-person singular preterite levantei, past participle levantado)

1. to lift, to raise

   Synonyms: alzar, erguer

2. to pick up

   Synonym: apañar

3. to stand (place upright)
4. (reflexive) to stand up
5. (reflexive) to get up (rise from one's bed)

   Synonym: erguer

6. to put up (build a structure)

   Synonyms: alzar, erguer

   • 1380, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 610:

     mando a meu heree que faça leuantar a hermida de san paayo de mallos

     I order my heir to make put up the shrine of Saint Pelagius at Mallos

7. (reflexive) to rise up (rebel)

   Synonym: rebelar

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “levantar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “levantar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “levantar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “levantar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “levantar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• alevantar

From Old Galician-Portuguese levantar, itself from a Vulgar Latin *levantāre, from Latin levantem, present participle of levō. Compare Spanish levantar.

levantar (first-person singular present levanto, first-person singular preterite levantei, past participle levantado)

2. (intransitive or pronominal) to stand up; to get up (to rise from a lying, sitting or fallen position) [with de ‘from somewhere’]

   Levante-se do chão!

   Get up from the floor!

4. (transitive) to raise; to get someone up (to cause someone or something to stand up)

   Synonym: erguer

   Vi um homem levantar seu filho que tropeçara.

   I saw a man lift up his son who had tripped.

6. (intransitive or pronominal) to get up (to get out of bed after waking up)

   Acordei cedo mas estava tão triste que não levantei.

   I woke up early but I was so sad that I didn’t get up.

   • 1890, Aluísio Azevedo, O Cortiço, Rio de Janeiro: B. L. Garnier:

     Naquela manhã levantara-se ainda um pouco mais lânguido que do costume, porque passara mal a noite.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

8. (transitive) to lift; to raise (to put into a higher position)

   Synonyms: erguer, alçar

   É algo que levantei do chão.

   It’s something I lifted from the floor.

   Eu levanto o meu braço.

   I raise my arm.

   Tu não consegues levantar o piano.

   You can’t lift the piano.

   • 2015, Max Barry, Léxico, Editora Intrínseca, →ISBN, page 43:

     Levantou um pé da neve, baixou-o novamente.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

10. (transitive) to raise (to cause to have a higher value)

    Synonyms: erguer, aumentar

    A guerra levantará o preço das necessidades básicas.

    The war will raise the price of basic necessities.

12. (figurative, pronominal) to get up (to recover from a setback) [with de ‘from something negative’]

    Nunca nos levantamos do fracasso da empresa.

    We never recovered from the company’s failure.

14. (transitive) to raise (to collect or levy)

    Synonym: arrecadar

    Vou levantar dinheiro do banco.

    I'm going to withdraw money from the bank.

16. (transitive) to build; to erect (to create a building)

    Synonyms: construir, erigir

    A fim de impedir o avanço dos inimigos, o rei levantaria uma muralha.

    In order to stop the enemies’ advance, the king would erect a wall.

18. (transitive) to raise; to put forth (to cause to arise; to create)

    Os novos achados levantam dúvidas acerca da teoria vigente.

    The new findings raise doubts on the current theory.

20. (pronominal) to revolt, to rebel (to start a rebellion) [with contra ‘against someone/something’]

    Synonyms: sublevar, rebelar

    Os pobres se levantaram contra o governo.

    The poor revolted against the government.

22. (transitive) to incite (to provoke into rebellion) [with contra ‘against someone/something’]

    O ditador levantou seu povo contra os fascistas.

    The dictator incited his people against the fascists.

24. (transitive) to pick up; to collect (to get or collect an item from a designated place)

    Ele foi à loja levantar a encomenda.

    He went to the store to pick up the parcel.

26. (volleyball, intransitive or transitive) to set (to put the ball in the air such that it can be driven by an attack)

• (antonym(s) of “to stand up”): cair, deitar, sentar
• (antonym(s) of “to make stand up”): derrubar, deitar
• (antonym(s) of “to get out of bed”): deitar
• (antonym(s) of “to lift”): baixar, abaixar
• (antonym(s) of “to raise value”): baixar, abaixar
• (antonym(s) of “to build”): derrubar, destruir
• (antonym(s) of “to revolt”): pacificar

• levantamento
• levante

• Macanese: levantâ

• “levantar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “levantar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “levantar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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 Portuguese and Galician levantar, Asturian llevantar, Romansch alvantar, leventar.

• IPA^(key): /lebanˈtaɾ/ [le.β̞ãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: le‧van‧tar

levantar (first-person singular present levanto, first-person singular preterite levanté, past participle levantado)

1. to lift

   Nadie podía levantar un coche.

   Nobody could lift a car.

2. to raise, put up

   Synonym: alzar

   Levanta la mano.

   Raise your hand.

   ¿Puedes levantar una sola ceja?

   Can you raise a single eyebrow?

3. to put up; build up (buildings)
4. to increase; turn up (volume, power etc.)
5. to adjourn; close; end (a meeting)

   Synonym: cerrar

   Antonym: abrir

   Se levanta la sesión.

   The session is adjourned.

   El presidente levantó la reunión.

   The president adjourned the meeting.

6. (hunting) 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, earn (money)
16. (card games) to pick (a card)
17. (card games) to beat (a hand)
18. (reflexive) to get up, to get out of bed

    Antonym: acostar

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

• “levantar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28