levantar
Spanish, verb/lebanˈtaɾ/
levantar is spelled L-E-V-A-N-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,239th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Levantar is a Spanish verb meaning “to lift” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mover algo incrementando su altura”.
What does levantar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lift
Nadie podía levantar un coche.
- 2
to raise; to put up
Levanta la mano.
- 3
to put up; to build up (buildings)
- 4
to increase; to turn up (volume, power etc.)
- 5
to adjourn; to close; to end (a meeting)
Se levanta la sesión.
- 6
to flush out
- 7
to draw up (plans)
- 8
to take, make (a census)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mover algo incrementando su altura. 2. Abolir o derogar una pena o un estado de alarma.
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 levantar
- levanto first-person present singular
- levanté first-person preterite singular
- levantado participle past
- levantando gerund
- levantada feminine participle past
- levantados masculine participle past
- levantadas feminine participle past
- levantas indicative informal present
- levantás indicative informal present
- levanta indicative present singular
- levantamos first-person indicative plural
- levantáis indicative plural present
- levantan indicative plural present
- levantaba first-person imperfect indicative
- levantabas imperfect indicative second-person
- levantábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- levantabais imperfect indicative plural
- levantaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce levantar?
- /lebanˈtaɾ/
- [le.β̞ãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- [leβ̞ãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to levantar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is levantar in Spanish?
levantar appears 25 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).