elevar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin ēlevāre (“to raise”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central) [ə.ləˈβa]
IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.ləˈva]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [e.leˈvaɾ]
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
=== Verb ===
elevar (first-person singular present elevo, first-person singular preterite eleví, past participle elevat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
to elevate, raise, raise up
(pronomial) to go up, rise
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
elevació
=== Further reading ===
“elevar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“elevar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“elevar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“elevar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
== Norwegian Nynorsk ==
=== Noun ===
elevar m
indefinite plural of elev
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin ēlevāre (“to raise”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: e‧le‧var
=== Verb ===
elevar (first-person singular present elevo, first-person singular preterite elevei, past participle elevado)
to raise; to lift (to bring or take upwards)
Synonyms: alçar, alcear, erguer, içar, levantar
Antonym: baixar
to increase (to make a value or quantity larger)
Synonym: aumentar
Antonym: diminuir
(figurative) to put on a pedestal (to hold in very high esteem)
(reflexive) to tower over; to loom over
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“elevar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“elevar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin ēlevāre (“to raise”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /eleˈbaɾ/ [e.leˈβ̞aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: e‧le‧var
=== Verb ===
elevar (first-person singular present elevo, first-person singular preterite elevé, past participle elevado)
to elevate
to raise; lift up
(mathematics) to raise (a number) (to a power)
==== Conjugation ====
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==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“elevar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025