relevar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin relevāre. Compare the inherited doublet relvar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.leˈva(ʁ)/ [he.leˈva(h)]

• (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)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʁe.leˈva(ɻ)/ [he.leˈva(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.lɨˈvaɾ/

• (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.

Related terms

• relevante
• relevo

References

• “relevar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “relevar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
• “relevar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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

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

Derived terms

• relevamiento
• relevo

Related terms

• relevación
• relevante

Further reading

• “relevar”, 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