leudar

Spanish

Etymology

From leudo, from Vulgar Latin *levĭtus, as an alternative of Latin levātus. Compare Portuguese levedar, Italian lievitare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leuˈdaɾ/ [leu̯ˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: leu‧dar

Verb

leudar (first-person singular present leudo, first-person singular preterite leudé, past participle leudado)

1. to leaven

Conjugation

    Conjugation of leudar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			leudar
gerund			leudando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		leudado		leudada
		plural		leudados		leudadas
		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	leudo	leudastú leudásvos	leuda	leudamos	leudáis	leudan
	imperfect	leudaba	leudabas	leudaba	leudábamos	leudabais	leudaban
	preterite	leudé	leudaste	leudó	leudamos	leudasteis	leudaron
	future	leudaré	leudarás	leudará	leudaremos	leudaréis	leudarán
	conditional	leudaría	leudarías	leudaría	leudaríamos	leudaríais	leudarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	leude	leudestú leudésvos2	leude	leudemos	leudéis	leuden
	imperfect (ra)	leudara	leudaras	leudara	leudáramos	leudarais	leudaran
	imperfect (se)	leudase	leudases	leudase	leudásemos	leudaseis	leudasen
	future1	leudare	leudares	leudare	leudáremos	leudareis	leudaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		leudatú leudávos	leude	leudemos	leudad	leuden
	negative		no leudes	no leude	no leudemos	no leudéis	no leuden

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Related terms

• levadura

Further reading

• “leudar”, 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