levantar
/lebanˈtaɾ/ · A1 · verb
to lift
🏋️ levantar = Latin levare, to make light: same root as elevate and lever
From Latin levare (to lighten, raise). English cousins share the root: elevate, lever, levitate, elevator. Lifting something is making it light enough to go up. Levantarse, the reflexive form, means to get up.