levare

See also: lëvare

Italian

Etymology

From Latin levāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈva.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: le‧và‧re

Verb

levàre (first-person singular present lèvo, first-person singular past historic levài, past participle levàto, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive) to take, to take away, to take off, to move away, to remove

   Synonyms: togliere, estrarre, rimuovere, muovere, spostare

2. (transitive) to raise, to lift

   Synonyms: alzare, sollevare

3. (transitive) to except

   Synonym: eccettuare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of levàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	levàre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		levàndo
present participle		levànte	past participle		levàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	lèvo	lèvi	lèva	leviàmo	levàte	lèvano
imperfect	levàvo	levàvi	levàva	levavàmo	levavàte	levàvano
past historic	levài	levàsti	levò	levàmmo	levàste	levàrono
future	leverò	leverài	leverà	leverémo	leveréte	leverànno
conditional	leverèi	leverésti	leverèbbe, leverébbe	leverémmo	leveréste	leverèbbero, leverébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	lèvi	lèvi	lèvi	leviàmo	leviàte	lèvino
imperfect	levàssi	levàssi	levàsse	levàssimo	levàste	levàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		lèva	lèvi	leviàmo	levàte	lèvino
negative imperative		non levàre	non lèvi	non leviàmo	non levàte	non lèvino

Derived terms

Derived terms

• allevare
• leva
• levacapsule
• levachiodi
• levanoccioli
• Levante
• levante
• levapunti
• levarsi
• levata
• levatartaro
• levato
• levatrice
• levatura
• rilevare
• sollevare
• levare un lamento
• levare un grido
• levarsi di mezzo
• levare di mezzo
• levare il campo
• levare il disturbo
• levare l'incomodo
• levarsi dai piedi
• levare le mani
• levare le tende
• levare la testa
• levarsi di dosso
• levare l'ancora

Anagrams

• averle, leverà, valere, velare, velerà

Latin

Etymology 1

Inflection of levō (“raise, lift up”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /leˈu̯aː.re/, [ɫ̪eˈu̯äːrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈva.re/, [leˈväːre]

Verb

levāre

1. inflection of levō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Etymology 2

Inflection of lēvō (“smooth, polish”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /leːˈu̯aː.re/, [ɫ̪eːˈu̯äːrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈva.re/, [leˈväːre]

Verb

lēvāre

1. present active infinitive of lēvō

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• lovare
• levà, lovà, luvà (alt. spellings)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin levāre.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ləˈva]

Verb

levare

1. to remove
2. to lift

References

• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “levare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano

Spanish

Verb

levare

1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of levar