Levantados

Levantados is a Spanish term used to refer to people who have taken part in a levantamiento, or uprising, against a government, occupying force, or authority. The noun and the adjective derive from levantarse, “to rise,” and in historical writing it designates the participants or supporters of a rising. The word is typically encountered in chronicles and scholarly accounts of conflicts, and its connotations can vary from neutral description to pejorative or propagandistic labeling, depending on the source and perspective.

In Iberian and Latin American contexts, levantamientos were common modes of political action during periods of colonial rule and the subsequent struggles for independence. In Spain, anti-Napoleonic uprisings in the early 19th century are described as levantamientos, with those who joined described as levantados in narrative sources. In the Americas, the term appears in histories of independence movements to denote groups that rose up against colonial authorities or competing factions.

See also: levantamiento (the uprising itself), insurgente, insurrección. Notes: as a historical term, levantados should be understood within its era and source, since it can function as a descriptive label, a label of legitimacy, or a partisan designation depending on context.