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leva

leva

See also: levá, levà, levâ, and levä

English

Noun

leva

  1. plural of lev

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French

Verb

leva

  1. third-person singular past historic of lever

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Interlingua

Verb

leva

  1. present of levar
  2. imperative of levar

Italian

Noun

leva f (plural leve)

  1. lever
  2. (military) call-up, conscription, draft
  3. (military, called up soldiers) those called-up, conscripts

Verb

leva

  1. third-person singular present indicative of levare
  2. second-person singular imperative of levare

Anagrams


Latin

Verb

levā

  1. first-person singular present active imperative of levō

References


Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse leifa, from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną.

Verb

lēva

  1. to leave behind

Conjugation

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

leva f (plural levas)

  1. wave (sudden unusually large amount of something)
    Uma leva de vândalos entrou na loja.
    A wave of vandals entered the store.

Verb

leva

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of levar
    Ele leva isso.
    He takes this.
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of levar
    Tu aí, leva isso sozinho.
    You there, take this by yourself.

Spanish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin levo..

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eβa

Noun

leva f (plural levas)

  1. (military) draft (of troops)
  2. (mechanical) cog
  3. (mechanical) cam

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish liva, from Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (leave, cling, linger). Cognate with Norwegian leve, Danish leve, Icelandic lifa, Dutch leven, German leben and English live.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leːva/

Verb

leva (present lever, preterite levde, supine levt, imperative lev)

  1. to live; to be alive
Conjugation

An alternative supine is levat.

See also
  • livs levande
  • liv

Etymology 2

Noun

leva

  1. indefinite plural of lev (currency of Bulgaria)