levantar cabeza

== Spanish == === Etymology === Literally, “to lift [one's] head”. === Verb === levantar cabeza (first-person singular present levanto cabeza, first-person singular preterite levanté cabeza, past participle levantado cabeza) (idiomatic) to get back on one's feet; to get out of a tricky situation (idiomatic) to get over an illness. ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “levantar cabeza”, 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