# levar
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* lovar

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese levar, from Latin levāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /leˈbaɾ/ [leˈβ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: le‧var

### Verb

levar (first-person singular present levo, first-person singular preterite levei, past participle levado)
* to take, to carry, to transport
* to wear (have equipped on one's body)
* to take (require)
* to take away
* (figurative) to lead, to push
* (arithmetic) to carry
* to spend an amount of time
    Levo seis anos nas Filipinas.I've been in the Philippines for six years.
* (reflexive) to get along with

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Synonyms

* (take): transportar
* (lead): conducir, empuxar
* (get along): leirar

#### Derived terms

* levada

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “levar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “levar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “levar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “levar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “levar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “levar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Ido
### Etymology

From Esperanto levi (“to lift”), from Italian levare (“to lift”), French lever (“to lift”), ultimately from Latin levō.

### Verb

levar (present tense levas, past tense levis, future tense levos, imperative levez, conditional levus)
* to lift (up), raise, heft

#### Conjugation
## Interlingua
### Etymology

From Italian levare (“to lift”), Spanish levantar (“to lift”), French lever (“to lift”).

### Verb

levar
* to raise, lift
levar se
* (reflexive) to get up

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | levar | levar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | levante | levate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | leva | ha levate |
| active | past | levava | habeva levate |
| active | future | levara | habera levate |
| active | conditional | levarea | haberea levate |
| active | imperative | leva | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es levate | ha essite levate |
| passive | past | esseva levate | habeva essite levate |
| passive | future | essera levate | habera essite levate |
| passive | conditional | esserea levate | haberea essite levate |
| passive | imperative | sia levate | |

## Italian
### Verb

levar (apocopated)
* Apocopic form of levare

### Anagrams

* larve, verla

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin levō.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Verb

levar
* to remove, to take off, to take away

#### Conjugation
## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin levāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /le.ˈβaɾ/
* Rhymes: -aɾ

### Verb

levar
* to take (to carry to a particular destination)
** 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 26 (facsimile):
    e logo chegar..a alma tomar demões q̇ a leuarõ. mui toſte ſẽ tardar
       and soon devils arrived, seizing the soul, and took it very quickly without delay
    Synonym: carregar

#### Descendants

* Fala: leval
* Galician: levar
* Portuguese: levar

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese levar, from Latin levāre. Compare Galician levar, Spanish llevar, French lever, Italian levare, Romanian luare.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /leˈva(ʁ)/ [leˈva(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /leˈva(ʁ)/ [leˈva(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /leˈva(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /leˈva(ʁ)/ [leˈva(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /leˈva(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /lɨˈvaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /lɨˈvaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /lɨˈbaɾ/ [lɨˈβaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /lɨˈva.ɾi/
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /lɛˈva(h)/
* (Rural Central Brazil) IPA: /liˈva(ɹ)/
* Audio (Northern Portugal):(file)
* Hyphenation: le‧var

### Verb

levar (first-person singular present levo, first-person singular preterite levei, past participle levado)
* (transitive) to take (to move something to a destination)
    Quem leva a mala?Who carries the suitcase?
    Levei a comida à minha irmã.I took the food to my sister.
    Synonym: transportar
** (transitive) to take away (to remove someone or something from the current location)
    Levem esse idiota!Take this idiot away!
    Synonyms: remover, tirar
** (transitive) to take out (to get food from an eatery to be eaten elsewhere)
    É para levar?Is it to go?
** (transitive) to accompany; to take (to go with someone somewhere)
    Eu te levarei lá.I’ll take you there.
    Synonym: acompanhar
** (figurative, transitive) to take to; to bring to (to provide with or introduce to)
    Os romanos levariam a civilização para a Europa.Romans then took civilisation to Europe.
    Synonym: trazer
* (transitive) to take (to remove something from its rightful place or owner)
    O governo levará suas terras se não pagarem os impostos.The government will take your lands if you don’t pay the taxes.
    Synonyms: tirar, tomar
** (transitive) to sweep away; to blow away (to destructively move something away)
    Tornados levaram o telhado da nossa casa.Tornadoes have swept the roof of our house away.
    Synonym: arrancar
** (transitive) to steal; to take (to illegally take an object from its owner)
    Quando entraram na casa viram que alguém tinha levado a televisão.When they entered the house they saw that someone had taken the television.
    Synonym: roubar
** (euphemistic, transitive) to take; to kill (to cause someone to die)
    A infecção levou meu pai.The infection took my father.
    Synonym: matar
* (transitive) to take (to be the object of an interaction, especially a violent one)
    Ele levara uma flechada no joelho.He had taken an arrow to the knee.
    Vamos levar com a culpa deste ataque.We will take the blame for this attack.
    Synonyms: tomar, receber
** (informal, intransitive) to get it (to be punished or beaten up)
    Fique quieto senão vai levar.Be quiet or you will get it.
* (transitive) to take (to require a given amount of time)
    Quanto tempo leva?How long does it take?
* (transitive) to contain; to take (to have as an ingredient)
    Este pastel leva mel.This pastry takes honey.
    Synonym: conter
* (transitive) to take (to have capacity for)
    Algum desses baldes leva sete litros?Can any of those buckets take seven litres?
* (transitive) to carry (to have in one’s immediate possession)
    Os refugiados levavam apenas as roupas que vestiam.The refugees were carrying only the clothes they wore.
    Synonyms: ter, carregar
* (intransitive, of a path) to lead to (to have as its destination) [with a ‘a destination’]
    Todas estradas levam a Roma.Every road leads to Rome.
* (transitive, figurative) to lead (someone) (to produce or tend to produce a given result) [with direct object ‘someone’ and a ‘to a result’]
    A fome os havia levado ao desespero.Hunger had led them to despair.
* (pronominal) to let oneself be overwhelmed [with por ‘by an emotion or force’]
    Levou-se pelo ódio e acabou matando várias pessoas.She was taken over by hatred and ended up killing many people.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:levar.

#### Derived terms

* levar no cu
* levar vantagem

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin levāre. Doublet of llevar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /leˈbaɾ/ [leˈβ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: le‧var

### Verb

levar (first-person singular present levo, first-person singular preterite levé, past participle levado)
* (nautical) to raise anchor
* (obsolete) to put up
* (obsolete) Synonym of llevar
* (obsolete) Synonym of quitar
* (obsolete, of a star) to be born

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “levar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

levar
* indefinite plural of lev

### Anagrams

* alver, velar