levanton
n.— «Por su parte el entrenador del Santos, Luis Fernando Tena, senalo que su equipo tuvo “un levanton” en buena momento, por lo que espera que sus jugadores sigan poniendo su “maxima entrega.”» —“DEP FUT Mexico Semifinales” in Torreon, Mexico AP Dec. 10, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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