levante
Portuguese, noun/leˈvɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
levante is spelled L-E-V-A-N-T-E (7 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,502nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Levante is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “east, orient” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of levantar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “rebelião, revolta, sublevação”.
What does levante mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineeast, orient
- 2
masculinerevolt, rebellion
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. rebelião, revolta, sublevação 2. tempo imediato a um periodo de chuva 3. leste 4. região a leste do Mar Mediterrâneo
verb: 1. terceira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo levantar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo levantar 3. terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo negativo do verbo levantar
noun: 1. região histórica, imprecisa quanto à extensão territorial, a qual pertenceria uma grande área do Oriente Médio ao sul dos Montes Tauro, limitada a oeste pelo Mediterrâneo e a leste pelo Deserto da Arábia setentrional e pela Mesopotâmia.
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 levante
- levantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce levante?
- Brazil /leˈvɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /lɨˈvɐ̃.tɨ/
- Portugal /lɨˈbɐ̃.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to levante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is levante in Portuguese?
levante appears 14 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).