levar |
1. v. to take (to move something to a destination) | |
Quem leva a mala? - Who carries the suitcase? | |
Levei a comida à minha irmã. - I took the food to my sister. | |
2. v. to take away (to remove someone or something from the current location) | |
Levem esse idiota! - Take this idiot away! | |
3. v. to take out (to get food from an eatery to be eaten elsewhere) | |
É para levar? - Is it to go? | |
4. v. to accompany; to take (to go with somebody somewhere) | |
Eu te levarei lá. - I’ll take you there. | |
5. v. (figurative, transitive) to take to; to bring to (to provide with or introduce to) | |
Os romanos levariam a civilização para a Europa. - Romans then took civilisation to Europe. | |
6. v. to take (to remove something from its rightful place or owner) | |
O governo levará suas terras se não pagarem os impostos. - The government will take your lands if you don’t pay the taxes. | |
7. v. to sweep away; to blow away (to destructively move something away) | |
Tornados levaram o telhado da nossa casa. - Tornadoes have swept the roof of our house away. | |
8. v. to steal; to take (to illegally take an object from its owner) | |
Quando entraram na casa viram que alguém tinha levado a televisão. - When they entered the house they saw that someone had taken the television. | |
9. v. (euphemistic, transitive) to take; to kill (to cause someone to die) | |
A infecção levou meu pai. - The infection took my father. | |
10. v. to take (to be the object of an interaction, especially a violent one) | |
Ele levara uma flechada no joelho. - He had taken an arrow to the knee. | |
Vamos levar com a culpa deste ataque. - We will take the blame for this attack. | |
11. v. (informal, intransitive) to get it (to be punished or beaten up) | |
Fique quieto senão vai levar. - Be quiet or you will get it. | |
12. v. to take (to require a given amount of time) | |
Quanto tempo leva? - How long does it take? | |
13. v. to contain; to take (to have as an ingredient) | |
Este pastel leva mel. - This pastry takes honey. | |
14. v. to take (to have capacity for) | |
Algum desses baldes leva sete litros? - Can any of those buckets take seven litres? | |
15. v. to carry (to have in one’s immediate possession) | |
Os refugiados levavam apenas as roupas que vestiam. - The refugees were carrying only the clothes they wore. | |
16. v. (indtr, a, .of a path) to lead to (to have as its destination) | |
Todas estradas levam a Roma. - Every road leads to Rome. | |
17. v. (indtr, a, ditr=1) to lead to (to produce or tend to produce a given result) | |
A fome os havia levado ao desespero. - Hunger had led them to despair. | |
18. v. (indtr, por, .takes a reflexive pronoun) to let oneself be overwhelmed by an emotion or force | |
Levou-se pelo ódio e acabou matando várias pessoas. - She was taken over by hatred and ended up killing many people. | |