verb🔗ShareImponer, cobrarTo impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property."to levy a tax"imponer un impuestogovernmentlawpoliticsfinanceeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRecaudar, cobrarTo raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority."The city is levying a new tax on plastic bags to reduce pollution. "La ciudad está recaudando un nuevo impuesto sobre las bolsas de plástico para reducir la contaminación.governmentpoliticseconomyfinancelawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareReclutar, alistarTo draft someone into military service."During the war, the government was levying young men into the army, regardless of their personal desires. "Durante la guerra, el gobierno estaba reclutando a jóvenes para el ejército, independientemente de sus deseos personales.militarygovernmentwarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRecaudar, reclutarTo raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc."The government is levying a new tax on gasoline. "El gobierno está recaudando un nuevo impuesto sobre la gasolina.governmentmilitarypoliticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareHacer la guerra, declarar la guerraTo wage war."The small nation, feeling threatened, accused its neighbor of levying war against them by sending troops across the border. "La pequeña nación, sintiéndose amenazada, acusó a su vecino de declarar la guerra enviando tropas a través de la frontera.warmilitarygovernmentnationpoliticsstateactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareLevantar, iniciarTo raise, as a siege."After levying a week-long siege, the ants finally breached the sugar bowl's defenses. "Después de levantar un asedio de una semana, las hormigas finalmente rompieron las defensas del azucarero.militarywarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareErigir, construir, levantarTo erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up."to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc."erigir un molino, un dique, una zanja, una molestia, etc.governmentpoliticsbuildingeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLa recaudación, el cobroThe act by which something is levied."levyings of war"Recaudaciones de guerragovernmentpoliticslaweconomyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
