lleva

See also: llevá and llevà

Asturian

Alternative forms

• leva

Etymology

Borrowed from English lever, attested since the early 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʎeba/ [ˈʎe.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -eba
• Syllabification: lle‧va

Noun

lleva f (plural lleves)

1. (originally mining) lever

   Synonyms: palanca, alzapremiu, (mining) xos

Further reading

• “lleva”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “lleva”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈʎe̞.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈʎe.və]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈʎe.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈʎe.va]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˈʎe.βa]

Etymology 1

Deverbal from llevar.

Noun

lleva f (plural lleves)

1. call up, levy

Etymology 2

Verb

lleva

1. inflection of llevar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “lleva”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “lleva”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish llevar (“to take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʎeˈva/ [ʎe.ˈva]
• Hyphenation: lle‧va

Verb

llevá

1. to bring

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for lleva

	Zamboanga City	Cavite
tense	lleva
past	ya lleva
present	ta lleva
future	ay lleva; lleva; el lleva; (rural/archaic) ey lleva	di lleva
gerund	llevando	?
past participle	llevao; llevado
infinitive	lleva
manner	llevada
reciprocal	llevahan
reciprocal past	ya man llevahan; ya'n llevahan
reciprocal present	ta man llevahan; ta'n llevahan
reciprocal future	ay man llevahan; man llevahan; el man llevahan; (rural/archaic) ey man llevahan
reciprocal infinitive	man llevahan

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝeba/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.β̞a]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝeba/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.β̞a] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʎeba/ [ˈʎe.β̞a] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃeba/ [ˈʃe.β̞a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʒeba/ [ˈʒe.β̞a] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -eba
• Syllabification: lle‧va

Verb

lleva

1. inflection of llevar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative