rellevar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin relevāre, influenced by llevar.
Verb
rellevar (first-person singular present rellevo, first-person singular preterite relleví, past participle rellevat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
- (transitive) to relieve (to free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place)
- (transitive) to relieve (to release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc)
Conjugation
Conjugation of rellevar (first conjugation)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “rellevar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “rellevar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “rellevar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “rellevar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.