Leva 1337770 214487919 2008-05-23T20:01:38Z 217.209.60.2 {{Unreferenced|date=April 2008}} The term '''leva''' (''[[English language|English]]'': for ''"Coward"''), is used by [[Chicano]] urban/barrio youth to mean that a member of a group has turned his or her back on the rest. Also meaning that a member of a gang or group has disappointed his or her peers by joining another group/gang. The term is also mainly used by [[Latino]] Gang Members from the [[Norteño]], [[Sureño]] and other Latino gangs throughout the United States. The term is mostly used to state that a member from the Gang is a [[Leva]] for hood-hopping or set-tripping (Meaning that they have joined an enemy gang from there original gang). [[Category: Chicano]] [[sv:Leva]]