leva
Spanish, noun
leva is spelled L-E-V-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 40,689th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leva is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “draft (of troops)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of levar. With an accent, levá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of levar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción y efecto de levar anclas”.
What does leva mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedraft (of troops)
- 2
femininecog
- 3
femininecam
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of levar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción y efecto de levar anclas. 2. Reclutamiento, a menudo forzoso, de gente para un servicio militar o la guerra. 3. Grupo de perros machos que siguen a todas partes una perra en celo. 4. En una rueda hidráulica, cada uno de los dientes que levantan y dejan caer los mazos o piezas que golpean.
noun: 1. Chaqueta de corte recto, solapa abotonada y bolsillos exteriores.
noun: 1. Unidad monetaria de Bulgaria, dividida en 100 stotinki.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of leva
- levas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to leva
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is leva in Spanish?
leva appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).