llevantar

Asturian

Alternative forms

  • allevantar

Etymology

From Old Leonese levantar, itself from a Vulgar Latin *levantāre, from Latin levans, levante-, present participle of levō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʎebanˈtaɾ/ [ʎe.β̞ãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: lle‧van‧tar
    • (Western Asturias) IPA(key): [ʎi.β̞ãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
      • (Patsuezu) IPA(key): [t͡ɕi.β̞ãn̪ˈt̪aɾɪ]
      • (A Estierna) IPA(key): [ɖi.β̞ãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
    • (Meridional) IPA(key): [t͡se.β̞ãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

llevantar (first-person singular indicative present o, past participle áu)

  1. to lift
  2. to lift, remove, take away
  3. to get up, wake up
  4. to clear up (the weather)
    Synonyms: escamplar, abocanar, aclariar
  5. to (also reflexive) to stand up (with de)
  6. to (also reflexive) to leave (with de)
    Synonym: marchar
  7. to slander
    Synonym: acaloñar
  8. to heal (oneself)
    Synonym: alicar
  9. to (colloquial) to make money
  10. to recruit (troops)
    Synonym: reclutar
  11. to call to arms
  12. to (reflexive) to revolt, rise up
  13. to (reflexive, of a horse) to kick
    Synonym: cociar

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • echame y llevántame
  • llevantar cabeza
  • llevantar d'ancleta
  • llevantar de bancu
  • llevantar de cascos
  • llevantar de la mesa
  • llevantar el cestu
  • llevantar el fabal
  • llevantar el pote
  • llevantar el vuelu
  • llevantar la mano
  • llevantar la voz
  • llevantar les pates
  • llevantar les piedres del ríu
  • llevantase col cofre y la media manta
  • llevantase de les pates d'atrás

Further reading

  • Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “llevantar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
  • llevantar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN