sublevar
Spanish, verb/subleˈbaɾ/
sublevar is spelled S-U-B-L-E-V-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 119,889th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sublevar is a Spanish verb meaning “to provoke into rebellion, to revolt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer que un grupo tome acción, con frecuencia violenta, en protesta contra una autoridad o regla…”.
What does sublevar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to provoke into rebellion, to revolt
- 2
to raise, to lift up
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer que un grupo tome acción, con frecuencia violenta, en protesta contra una autoridad o regla establecidas. 2. Excitar indignación, promover sentimiento de protesta.
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 sublevar
- sublevo first-person present singular
- sublevé first-person preterite singular
- sublevado participle past
- sublevando gerund
- sublevada feminine participle past
- sublevados masculine participle past
- sublevadas feminine participle past
- sublevas indicative informal present
- sublevás indicative informal present
- subleva indicative present singular
- sublevamos first-person indicative plural
- subleváis indicative plural present
- sublevan indicative plural present
- sublevaba first-person imperfect indicative
- sublevabas imperfect indicative second-person
- sublevábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- sublevabais imperfect indicative plural
- sublevaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sublevar?
- /subleˈbaɾ/
- [su.β̞leˈβ̞aɾ]
- [suβ̞leˈβ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sublevar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sublevar in Spanish?
sublevar appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).