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Levantar-se
Levantar-se means to get up or rise from bed. In European Portuguese the pronoun normally follows the verb in a simple affirmative sentence, giving levanto-me, but it moves in front after words like não or que, as in não me levanto cedo. Without the reflexive pronoun, levantar simply means to lift something.
Examples in context
Levanto-me logo a seguir ao despertador.
I get up right after the alarm clock.
Ela levanta-se devagar de manhã.
She gets up slowly in the morning.
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