elevar
/eleˈbaɾ/ · B1 · verb
to raise
🏋️ elevar = elevate; both from Latin e- (up) + levare (to lift)
Latin levare, to lift, comes from levis, light in weight. It also gives English lever and elevator. In maths, elevar al cuadrado means to raise to the square, so elevar covers lifting things and raising numbers to powers.