No. 3,036 in Catalan
llevat
"Yeast."
In a sentence
El pastisser fa servir llevat per a fer el pa.
The baker uses yeast to make bread.
In this sentence, 'llevat' refers to yeast, a biological organism used as a leavening agent in baking.
Llevat que plogui, anirem a passejar.
Unless it rains, we will go for a walk.
Here, 'llevat' means 'unless,' introducing a conditional clause.
La guerra va ser una època fosca, llevat de petits moments d'esperança.
The war was a dark time, except for small moments of hope.
In this example, 'llevat' is used synonymously with 'except,' marking an exclusion within the statement.
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