levantar
Portuguese, verb/le.vɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/
levantar is spelled L-E-V-A-N-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears 43 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,182nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Levantar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to stand up; to get up (to rise from a lying, sitting or fallen position)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pôr em pé”.
What does levantar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stand up; to get up (to rise from a lying, sitting or fallen position)
Levante-se do chão!
- 2
to raise; to get someone up (to cause someone or something to stand up)
Vi um homem levantar seu filho que tropeçara.
- 3
to get up (to get out of bed after waking up)
Acordei cedo mas estava tão triste que não levantei.
- 4
to lift; to raise (to put into a higher position)
É algo que levantei do chão.
- 5
to raise (to cause to have a higher value)
A guerra levantará o preço das necessidades básicas.
- 6
to get up (to recover from a setback)
Nunca nos levantamos do fracasso da empresa.
- 7
to raise (to collect or levy)
Vou levantar dinheiro do banco.
- 8
to build; to erect (to create a building)
A fim de impedir o avanço dos inimigos, o rei levantaria uma muralha.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. pôr em pé 2. apanhar do chão 3. erguer 4. erigir
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of levantar
- levanto first-person present singular
- levantei first-person preterite singular
- levantado participle past
- levantares infinitive second-person singular
- levantarmos first-person infinitive plural
- levantardes infinitive plural second-person
- levantarem infinitive plural third-person
- levantando gerund
- levantados masculine participle past
- levantada feminine participle past
- levantadas feminine participle past
- levantas indicative present second-person
- levanta indicative present singular
- levantamos first-person indicative plural
- levantais indicative plural present
- levantam indicative plural present
- levantava first-person imperfect indicative
- levantavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce levantar?
- Brazil /le.vɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [le.vɐ̃ˈta(h)]
- /le.vɐ̃ˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
levantar appears 43 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).