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A2-ar verbregular

levantar

Regular — you lift a thing with levantar and get out of bed with levantarse.

Quick answer

levantar · levanto, levantas, levanta, levantamos, levantáis, levantan

to lift, to raise. Fully regular, so the endings carry over to every other -ar verb.

Conjugation

PersonPresentPreteriteImperfectFuture
yolevantolevantélevantabalevantaré
túlevantaslevantastelevantabaslevantarás
él / ella / ustedlevantalevantólevantabalevantará
nosotroslevantamoslevantamoslevantábamoslevantaremos
vosotroslevantáislevantasteislevantabaislevantaréis
ellos / ustedeslevantanlevantaronlevantabanlevantarán

Orange marks a form you cannot guess from the rules.

Non-finiteForm
gerundlevantando
past participlelevantado
imperative (tú)levanta
subjunctive (yo)levante

Which form to learn first

me levanto a las siete. The reflexive is the form you will use every day.

Where you will actually use it

Me levanto a las siete.I get up at seven.
Levanta la mano.Put your hand up.
No puedo levantar esta caja.I can’t lift this box.
Me levanté tarde.I got up late.
Levántate, que llegamos tarde.Get up, we’re going to be late.
Levantaron un edificio nuevo.They put up a new building.

Typical mistakes

Levanto a las siete.

Me levanto a las siete.

Getting yourself up needs the reflexive: me levanto, te levantas, se levanta.

Me levanto la caja.

Levanto la caja.

Lifting an object takes no reflexive — the me would mean you are lifting yourself.

Me despierto a las siete y me levanto a las siete.

Me despierto a las siete y me levanto a las siete y media.

despertarse is waking up, levantarse is leaving the bed; using both for the same moment says nothing.

Check yourself

___ a las siete todos los días.

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