levantamos

Levantamos is a Spanish verb form derived from levantar, meaning to raise or lift. It functions as the first-person plural form of levantar in two simple tenses: the present indicative and the simple past (preterite). It can also appear as part of phrases in other moods or tenses when used with compound structures, but on its own it denotes only the nosotros/as subject.

Etymology and meaning: levantar comes from Latin levāre, to lift. In Spanish, levantamos carries the sense of performing the action collectively by “we.” The same spelling in the preterite indicates a completed action in the past, while in the present denotes ongoing action. The reflexive equivalent, levantarse, means to get up or to rise, and its first-person plural present form is nos levantamos.

Conjugation and usage: In the present indicative, the nosotros form is levantamos, with related forms including levantas (you raise), levanta (he/she/you formal raise), levantáis (you all raise), levantan (they/you all raise). In the simple past, levantamos also appears as the nosotros form, meaning “we raised.” Examples: “Levantamos la mano” (we raise/are raising our hand) in present, and “Ayer levantamos la bandera” (We raised the flag) in the preterite. When used reflexively to mean getting up, the form changes to nos levantamos in the present tense.

See also: levantar, levantarse, levantamiento.