levar
Portuguese, verb/leˈva(ʁ)/
levar is spelled L-E-V-A-R (5 letters) and appears 182 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 519th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Levar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to take (to move something to a destination)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “transportar consigo”.
What does levar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to take (to move something to a destination)
Quem leva a mala?
- 2
to take away (to remove someone or something from the current location)
Levem esse idiota!
- 3
to take out (to get food from an eatery to be eaten elsewhere)
É para levar?
- 4
to accompany; to take (to go with someone somewhere)
Eu te levarei lá.
- 5
to take to; to bring to (to provide with or introduce to)
Os romanos levariam a civilização para a Europa.
- 6
to take (to remove something from its rightful place or owner)
O governo levará suas terras se não pagarem os impostos.
- 7
to sweep away; to blow away (to destructively move something away)
Tornados levaram o telhado da nossa casa.
- 8
to steal; to take (to illegally take an object from its owner)
Quando entraram na casa viram que alguém tinha levado a televisão.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. transportar consigo 2. comprar, adquirir 3. conduzir 4. arrastar
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 levar
- levo first-person present singular
- levei first-person preterite singular
- levado participle past
- levares infinitive second-person singular
- levarmos first-person infinitive plural
- levardes infinitive plural second-person
- levarem infinitive plural third-person
- levando gerund
- levados masculine participle past
- levada feminine participle past
- levadas feminine participle past
- levas indicative present second-person
- leva indicative present singular
- levamos first-person indicative plural
- levais indicative plural present
- levam indicative plural present
- levava first-person imperfect indicative
- levavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce levar?
- Brazil /leˈva(ʁ)/
- Brazil [leˈva(h)]
- /leˈva(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 levar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is levar in Portuguese?
levar appears 182 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).