Also means
survey
Usage Note
Levantamiento derives from levantar (to raise, to lift) and can mean a physical raising (as in levantamiento de pesas — weightlifting) or a political uprising/rebellion. Context makes the sense clear. In cartography and land surveying, levantamiento topográfico is a topographical survey. The political sense is the most encountered in news and history texts.
Examples
"El levantamiento popular sorprendió al gobierno."
Natural Translation
The popular uprising surprised the government.
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