enlevar

Portuguese

Etymology

From en- +‎ levar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.leˈva(ʁ)/ [ẽ.leˈva(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.leˈva(ʁ)/ [ĩ.leˈva(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.leˈva(ʁ)/ [ẽ.leˈva(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.leˈva(ʁ)/ [ĩ.leˈva(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.leˈva(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.leˈva(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.leˈva(ʁ)/ [ẽ.leˈva(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.leˈva(ʁ)/ [ĩ.leˈva(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.leˈva(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.leˈva(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.lɨˈvaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.lɨˈvaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.lɨˈbaɾ/ [ẽ.lɨˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.lɨˈva.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: en‧le‧var

Verb

enlevar (first-person singular present enlevo, first-person singular preterite enlevei, past participle enlevado)

1. to enrapture, to overjoy

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enlevar (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	enlevar
Personal	enlevar	enlevares	enlevar	enlevarmos	enlevardes	enlevarem
Gerund
	enlevando
Past participle
Masculine	enlevado			enlevados
Feminine	enlevada			enlevadas
Indicative
Present	enlevo	enlevas	enleva	enlevamos	enlevais	enlevam
Imperfect	enlevava	enlevavas	enlevava	enlevávamos	enleváveis	enlevavam
Preterite	enlevei	enlevaste	enlevou	enlevamos1, enlevámos2	enlevastes	enlevaram
Pluperfect	enlevara	enlevaras	enlevara	enleváramos	enleváreis	enlevaram
Future	enlevarei	enlevarás	enlevará	enlevaremos	enlevareis	enlevarão
Conditional	enlevaria	enlevarias	enlevaria	enlevaríamos	enlevaríeis	enlevariam
Subjunctive
Present	enleve	enleves	enleve	enlevemos	enleveis	enlevem
Imperfect	enlevasse	enlevasses	enlevasse	enlevássemos	enlevásseis	enlevassem
Future	enlevar	enlevares	enlevar	enlevarmos	enlevardes	enlevarem
Imperative
Affirmative		enleva	enleve	enlevemos	enlevai	enlevem
Negative (não)		não enleves	não enleve	não enlevemos	não enleveis	não enlevem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “enlevar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “enlevar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026