levantar

Meaning

1. to lift, to raise
2. to pick up
3. to stand (place upright)
4. (reflexive) to stand up
5. (reflexive) to get up (rise from one's bed)
6. to put up (build a structure)
7. (reflexive) to rise up (rebel)

Pronounced as (IPA)

[leβanˈtaɾ]

Etymology

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.