Meaning
to lift, raise, relieve
- to lift, raise
- to bring up (a doubt, problem)
- to relieve, comfort
In a sentence
Puoi sollevare questa scatola da solo?
Can you lift this box by yourself?
Le sue parole mi hanno sollevato molto.
His words comforted me a lot.
Non sollevare il tavolo, è troppo pesante.
Don't lift the table, it's too heavy.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sollevare | infinitive |
| solleviamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sollevo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sollevate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sollevi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sollevano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| solleva | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sollevavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sollevavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sollevavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sollevavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sollevavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sollevava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sollevammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sollevai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sollevaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sollevasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sollevarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sollevò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| solleveremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| solleverò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| solleverete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| solleverai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| solleveranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| solleverà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| solleviamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sollevi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| solleviate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sollevi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
Usage notes
- Use sollevare for physically lifting or for formal abstract objects: sollevare un dubbio, una questione. For simply picking something up, prendere or raccogliere may fit better.
- For emotional relief, sollevare is common in passive or reflexive patterns: Mi sento sollevato. It sounds more formal than confortare or rassicurare.
- As a transitive verb, it normally takes avere in compound tenses: ho sollevato la scatola, ha sollevato il problema.