SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

levantar

to lift

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

levantar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yolevanto
túlevantas
él / ella / ustedlevanta
nosotros / nosotraslevantamos
vosotros / vosotraslevantáis
ellos / ellas / ustedeslevantan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

levantar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yolevanté
túlevantaste
él / ella / ustedlevantó
nosotros / nosotraslevantamos
vosotros / vosotraslevantasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedeslevantaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

levantar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yolevantaba
túlevantabas
él / ella / ustedlevantaba
nosotros / nosotraslevantábamos
vosotros / vosotraslevantabais
ellos / ellas / ustedeslevantaban

Future Futuro simple

Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.

levantar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yolevantaré
túlevantarás
él / ella / ustedlevantará
nosotros / nosotraslevantaremos
vosotros / vosotraslevantaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedeslevantarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

levantar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yolevantaría
túlevantarías
él / ella / ustedlevantaría
nosotros / nosotraslevantaríamos
vosotros / vosotraslevantaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedeslevantarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.

levantar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yolevante
túlevantes
él / ella / ustedlevante
nosotros / nosotraslevantemos
vosotros / vosotraslevantéis
ellos / ellas / ustedeslevanten

Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.

Meaning & usage

  • to lift
  • to raise; to put up
  • to put up; to build up (buildings)

English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗

Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations

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