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levantar (conjugate levantar) verbo transitivo 1a) (del suelo) ‹bulto/peso› to lift, pick upb) ‹tapadera/mantel› to lift (up);‹cabeza/mano/copa› to raise; ‹alfombra› to lift upc) ‹persiana› to pull up, raised) (elevar) ‹voz› to raise;◊ sin levantar la vista del libro without looking up from her booke) ‹polvo› to raisef) (Jueg) ‹carta› to pick up2a) ‹ánimo› to boost;‹moral› to raise, boostb) ‹industria/economía› to help … to pick up3 ‹estatua/muro/edificio› to erect, put up 4 ‹embargo/sanción› to lift;◊ le levantó el castigo he let him off;se levanta la sesión the meeting is adjourned 5 ‹rumor/protestas› to spark (off); ‹polémica› to cause;◊ levantar sospechas to arouse suspicion6 ‹campamento› to strike;◊ levantar la mesa (AmL) to clear the table7 (en brazos) ‹persona› to pick up; (de la cama) to get … out of bed; (poner de pie) to get … up 8 (AmS) ‹mujer› to pick up (colloq) levantarse verbo pronominal 1a) (de la cama) to get upb) (ponerse en pie) to stand up, to rise (frml);◊ ¿me puedo levantar de la mesa? may I leave the table?2 [polvareda] to rise; [temporal] to brew; [viento] to begin to blow, rise 3 (sublevarse) to rise (up) 4 (refl) ‹solapas/cuello› to turn up 5 (AmS fam) ‹mujer› to pick up (colloq)
levantar verbo transitivo
1 to lift
levantar los ojos, to look up
levantar la voz/mano, to raise one's voice/hand
2 (una construcción, un monumento) to erect
3 fig (el ánimo) to raise (sublevar) to make rise: levantó a los mineros, he stirred up the miners
4 (poner fin) to lift: levantaron la prohibición, the ban was lifted ➣ Ver nota en raise
'levantar' also found in these entries: Spanish: acta - ampolla - atestado - batir - castillo - cercado - chillar - espíritu - liebre - pulso - sesión - testimonio - alzar - animar - apalancar - cabeza - castigo - coger - elevar - mano - mirada - ojo - recoger - voz - vuelo English: adjourn - boost - cat - close - cock - erect - get up - haul up - heave - hoist - hold up - jack up - keep down - kick up - lift - lift up - pick up - prick up - pull up - put up - raise - rear - set up - sling - stick up - stir up - swing - take up - throw up - turn up - up - bolster - buck - clear - dig - get - hold - jack - kick - look - pick - prick - pull - put - retract - set - stand - stick - strain - take
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.