relevar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin relevāre. Compare the inherited doublet relvar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.leˈva(ʁ)/ [he.leˈva(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁe.leˈva(ɾ)/ [he.leˈva(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.leˈva(ʁ)/ [χe.leˈva(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.leˈva(ɻ)/ [he.leˈva(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.lɨˈvaɾ/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.lɨˈbaɾ/ [ʁɨ.lɨˈβaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.lɨˈva.ɾi/

Verb

relevar (first-person singular present relevo, first-person singular preterite relevei, past participle relevado)

  1. to forgive, to overlook, to let go (ignore a slight)
    Synonyms: deixar passar, perdoar
  2. to allow, to permit
  3. to make stick out, to distinguish
    Synonyms: sobressair, destacar
  4. (intransitive) to be relevant

Conjugation

    Conjugation of relevar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal relevar
Personal relevar relevares relevar relevarmos relevardes relevarem
Gerund
relevando
Past participle
Masculine relevado relevados
Feminine relevada relevadas
Indicative
Present relevo relevas releva relevamos relevais relevam
Imperfect relevava relevavas relevava relevávamos releváveis relevavam
Preterite relevei relevaste relevou relevamos1, relevámos2 relevastes relevaram
Pluperfect relevara relevaras relevara releváramos releváreis relevaram
Future relevarei relevarás relevará relevaremos relevareis relevarão
Conditional relevaria relevarias relevaria relevaríamos relevaríeis relevariam
Subjunctive
Present releve releves releve relevemos releveis relevem
Imperfect relevasse relevasses relevasse relevássemos relevásseis relevassem
Future relevar relevares relevar relevarmos relevardes relevarem
Imperative
Affirmative releva releve relevemos relevai relevem
Negative (não) não releves não releve não relevemos não releveis não relevem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

References

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin relevāre. Compare the inherited doublet relvar (“to raise the fallow”), cf. also ralbar, from a Leonese variant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /releˈbaɾ/ [re.leˈβ̞aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: re‧le‧var

Verb

relevar (first-person singular present relevo, first-person singular preterite relevé, past participle relevado)

  1. to take over for

Conjugation

    Conjugation of relevar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive relevar
gerund relevando
past participle masculine feminine
singular relevado relevada
plural relevados relevadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present relevo relevastú
relevásvos 		releva relevamos releváis relevan
imperfect relevaba relevabas relevaba relevábamos relevabais relevaban
preterite relevé relevaste relevó relevamos relevasteis relevaron
future relevaré relevarás relevará relevaremos relevaréis relevarán
conditional relevaría relevarías relevaría relevaríamos relevaríais relevarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present releve relevestú
relevésvos2 		releve relevemos relevéis releven
imperfect
(ra) 		relevara relevaras relevara releváramos relevarais relevaran
imperfect
(se) 		relevase relevases relevase relevásemos relevaseis relevasen
future1 relevare relevares relevare releváremos relevareis relevaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative relevatú
relevávos 		releve relevemos relevad releven
negative no releves no releve no relevemos no relevéis no releven

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of relevar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive relevar dative relevarme relevarte relevarle, relevarse relevarnos relevaros relevarles, relevarse
accusative relevarme relevarte relevarlo, relevarla, relevarse relevarnos relevaros relevarlos, relevarlas, relevarse
with gerund relevando dative relevándome relevándote relevándole, relevándose relevándonos relevándoos relevándoles, relevándose
accusative relevándome relevándote relevándolo, relevándola, relevándose relevándonos relevándoos relevándolos, relevándolas, relevándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative releva dative relévame relévate relévale relévanos not used relévales
accusative relévame relévate relévalo, relévala relévanos not used relévalos, relévalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative relevá dative relevame relevate relevale relevanos not used relevales
accusative relevame relevate relevalo, relevala relevanos not used relevalos, relevalas
with formal second-person singular imperative releve dative reléveme not used relévele, relévese relévenos not used reléveles
accusative reléveme not used relévelo, relévela, relévese relévenos not used relévelos, relévelas
with first-person plural imperative relevemos dative not used relevémoste relevémosle relevémonos relevémoos relevémosles
accusative not used relevémoste relevémoslo, relevémosla relevémonos relevémoos relevémoslos, relevémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative relevad dative relevadme not used relevadle relevadnos relevaos relevadles
accusative relevadme not used relevadlo, relevadla relevadnos relevaos relevadlos, relevadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative releven dative relévenme not used relévenle relévennos not used relévenles, relévense
accusative relévenme not used relévenlo, relévenla relévennos not used relévenlos, relévenlas, relévense

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