elevar

From Latin ēlevāre, present active infinitive of ēlevō (“I raise”).

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ə.ləˈva/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ə.ləˈba/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /e.leˈvaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

elevar (first-person singular present elevo, past participle elevat)

1. to elevate, raise, raise up
2. (pronomial) to go up, rise

elevar m

1. indefinite plural of elev

From Old Portuguese elevar, from Latin ēlevāre, present active infinitive of ēlevō (“I raise”).

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /e.le.ˈva(ɾ)/, /e.le.ˈva(ɹ)/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.le.ˈva(ɾ)/, /e.le.ˈva(ɻ)/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lɨ.ˈvaɾ/

elevar (first-person singular present indicative elevo, past participle elevado)

1. to raise; to lift (to bring or take upwards)

   Synonyms: alçar, alcear, erguer, içar, levantar

   Antonym: baixar

2. to increase (to make a value or quantity larger)

   Synonym: aumentar

   Antonym: diminuir

3. (figuratively) to put on a pedestal (to hold in very high esteem)

From Latin ēlevāre, present active infinitive of ēlevō (“I raise”).

• IPA^(key): /eleˈbaɾ/, [eleˈβaɾ]

elevar (first-person singular present elevo, first-person singular preterite elevé, past participle elevado)

1. to elevate
2. to raise