levantar

Sentences

Meaning

Concepts

Ele costumava levantar cedo , agora dorme até tarde .

He used to get up early, now he sleeps late.

(intransitive, pronominal) to stand up; to get up (to rise from a lying, sitting or fallen position)
(transitive) to raise; to get someone up (to cause someone or something to stand up)
(intransitive, pronominal) to get up (to get out of bed after waking up)
(transitive) to lift; to raise (to put into a higher position)
(transitive) to raise (to cause to have a higher value)
(figuratively, pronominal) to get up (to recover from a setback)
(transitive) to raise (to collect or levy)
(transitive) to build; to erect (to create a building)
(transitive) to raise; to put forth (to cause to arise; to create)
(pronominal) to revolt; to rebel (to start a rebellion)
(transitive) to incite (to provoke into rebellion)
(transitive) to pick up; to collect (to get or collect an item from a designated place)
(intransitive, transitive) to set (to put the ball in the air such that it can be driven by an attack)

Opposite of

cair, deitar, sentar, derrubar, abaixar, baixar, destruir, pacificar

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/le.vɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/

Inherited from Latin

levans

Cognate with Spanish

levantar

In summary

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