Levantar preterite conjugation
Levantar in the preterite: levanté, levantaste, levantó, levantamos, levantasteis, levantaron.
- to lift; to raise; to pick up
- regular
- Participle: levantado
- Gerund: levantando
Preterite pretérito
| yo | levanté |
|---|---|
| tú | levantaste |
| él/ella/usted | levantó |
| nosotros | levantamos |
| vosotros | levantasteis |
| ellos/ellas/ustedes | levantaron |
How to use levantar in the preterite
The preterite is regular: levanté, levantaste, levantó, levantamos, levantaron. Use it for a specific moment of lifting or getting up: Hoy me levanté tarde. It also appears in news and history for things built or lifted: Levantaron el edificio en un año. In meetings, levantó la sesión means the chair closed the session.
Examples
Hoy me levanté tarde y perdí el autobús.
Today I got up late and missed the bus.
El presidente de la junta levantó la sesión a las ocho.
The chairman of the board adjourned the meeting at eight.
Levantamos la empresa desde cero en cinco años.
We built the company from scratch in five years.
Quick check: levantar in the preterite
More levantar tenses
- All levantar tenses
- Levantar present
- Levantar imperfect
- Levantar future
- Levantar conditional
- Levantar present subjunctive
- Levantar affirmative commands
Other verbs in the preterite
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