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lever (EN)
substantivo, verbo

substantivo “lever”

sg. lever, pl. levers
  1. alavanca
    He used a lever to lift the heavy stone.
  2. alavanca (método de pressão)
    The manager used the threat of cutting bonuses as a lever to make the team work overtime.
  3. alavanca (manivela)
    Pull the lever to start the engine.

verbo “lever”

infinitivo lever; ele levers; pret. levered; part. levered; ger. levering
  1. alavancar
    They levered the lid off the container.
  2. alavancar (aumentar dívida)
    The firm levered up to finance its new project.