61 LLevar Many Uses Flashcards
The Spanish verb llevar used to mean primarily to carry a heavy burden. However, it has become one of the most flexible verbs in the language, used not only in discussing what a person carries,
but also what a person wears, has, does, tolerates, or moves. As a result, it isnโt easy to tell what llevar means out of context.
๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ โ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ซโ
๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ โ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ซโ
One of the most common uses of llevar is as the equivalent of โto wearโ clothing or accessories.
It can also refer to wearing or sporting a type of style, such as tattoos or a type of hairdo.
Normally, if a person is wearing a type of item of which he or she would wear or use only one at a time, the indefinite article (un or una, the equivalent of โaโ or โanโ) is not used. Often the definite article (el or la (the equivalent of โtheโ) can be used instead.
In other words, Spanish doesnโt say the equivalent of โI am wearing a dressโ but often โI am wearing the dress.โ If the identity of the item is important, such as if the sentence identifies the itemโs color, an indefinite article is retained.
It isnโt necessary to wear your hat.
No es necesario llevar el sombrero.
Donโt forget to cover up your neck and wear a long-sleeved shirt.
No olvides taparte el cuello y lleva camisa de manga larga.
We donโt know how we are going to wear our hair.
No sabemos cรณmo vamos a llevar el pelo.
My friend wasnโt wearing face paint.
Mi amiga no llevรณ la cara pintada.
๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ โ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒโ
๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ โ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒโ
Another common use for llevar is to indicate that someone or something is being carried or transported.
It can be used for carrying by people as well as by machines.
I canโt carry anything else.
No puedo llevar nada mรกs.
The plane carries a maximum of 178 passages.
El aviรณn lleva como mรกximo 178 pasajeros.
They took their children to a concert in the park.
Llevaron a sus hijos a un concierto en el parque.
The buses took the invitees to the hotel.
Los buses llevaron a los invitados al hotel.
The truck carries seven large tanks of hydrogen.
El camiรณn lleva siete grandes tanques de hidrรณgeno.
I want to take the voice of radicalism to all the neighborhoods.
Quiero llevar la voz del radicalismo a todos los barrios.
๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ (๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ)โ
to tolerate, cope or deal with (something):
(He puts up with defeat very well.
Lleva muy bien las derrotas.
๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ (๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ง)โ
to transport (something or someone):
Pedro took us to the airport.
Pedro nos llevรณ al aeropuerto.
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ (๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ๐)โ
to have or include (an ingredient):
My mother likes anything with chocolate in it.
A mi madre le gusta todo lo que lleva chocolate.
๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ (๐ฎ๐ง ๐ฏ๐๐กรญ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐จ)โ
to drive (a vehicle):
She drove the car to Madrid.
Llevรณ el coche a Madrid.
๐๐จ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ, ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ (๐๐ง ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ):
llevar (una organizaciรณn o una empresa)โ
Ingrid runs the artistsโ store.
Ingrid lleva la tienda de artesanรญa.
๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ซ (๐ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐)
llevar (un nombre)
A Candelaria street bears the name of Josรฉ Rodrรญguez Ramรญrez.
Una calle de Candelaria lleva el nombre de Josรฉ Rodrรญguez Ramรญrez.
๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ (๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐) -
llevar (tiempo)
Iโve been saying for months there are other ways.
Llevo meses diciendo que hay metodologias alternativas.
Iโve gone three days without sleeping.
Llevo tres dรญas sin dormir.
๐๐จ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ (๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฒ)
llevar (dinero)
The scalper (reseller) charged me a lot of money for the tickets.
El revendedor me llevรณ mucho dinero por los boletos.
๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐
๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐
Spanish has several ways of describing how long an event or activity occurs. Although we often us โforโ in English for length or duration of timeโsuch as in โI have worked for a yearโโthe typical ways of translating โforโ often donโt apply.
Which way you use (in using time periods in Spanish) depends partly on whether the activity is still in progress, and in some cases on whether youโre talking about a long or short time period.
The most common way of describing the length of time of an activity in progress is using the verb llevar.
Note the use of the present tense in these examples even though the English uses a present perfect or present perfect progressive verb.
The blogger ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฒ been incarcerated for a year.
El bloguero ๐ฒ๐ lleva un aรฑo encarcelado.
The singer has been waiting for five years to record bachata with the former Beatle.
El cantante ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐จ ๐รฑ๐จ๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐จ para grabar bachata con el ex Beatle.
My 2-year-old son has had a runny nose and cough for a month.
Mi hijo de dos aรฑos lleva un mes con mucosidad y tos.
The woman has been on a hunger strike for five weeks.
La mujer lleva cinco semanas en huelga de hambre.
Our country has been deteriorating for many years.
Nuestro paรญs lleva muchos aรฑos en proceso de deterioro.
Maria has been traveling for 2 months.
Maria lleva viajando 2 meses.
I have been studying Spanish for five years.
LLevo estudiando espaรฑol cinco aรฑos.
The thief has been arrested since yesterday.
El ladrรณn lleva arrestado desde ayer.
The store has been closed since Monday.
La tienda lleva cerrada desde el lunes.
I have been in Spain 6 months
Llevo seis meses en Espaรฑa
It takes a lot of time
Lleva mucho tiempo
: Iโve gone three days without sleeping
Llevo tres dรญas sin dormir
I have been in school six months
Llevo seis meses en escuela
The students prepared for the exam for a month
Los estudiantes llevan preparando el examen un mes
Iโve been in Madrid for five daysโ
Llevo cinco dรญas en Madrid
weโve been together for eight months
Llevamos ocho meses juntos
๐๐๐๐๐๐ + [๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐] + [๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐]
๐๐๐๐๐๐ + [๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐] + [๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐]
For the โactivityโ part of the above youโll need to use the Spanish verb in the โgerundโ form (which is nothing more than a fancy way to say the โ-ingโ version of it e.g. โeatingโ, โcryingโ, โsleepingโ, โbelievingโ etc).
In Spanish, this means those actions which end in -ando, -iendo or โ-yendo. So, taking the examples above, the gerund would be comiendo, llorando, durmiendo, or creyendo.
Iโve been studying Spanish for four weeks
Llevo cuatro semanas estudiando espaรฑol
Iโve been waiting for two hours
Llevo dos horas esperando
Iโve hated you my whole life
Iโve spent my whole life hating you
Llevo toda la vida odiรกndo te
I have been in school six months
Llevo seis meses en la escuela
๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ (๐๐จ๐ง๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ) + ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง + ____๐ง๐๐จโฆ
(๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐)
Iโve been working in this store for three months.
Llevo tres meses trabajando en esta tienda
How long have you been teaching physics classes?
ยฟCuรกnto tiempo lleva Ud. dando clases de fรญsica? (โdandoโ Present Participle of โdarโ)
๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ (๐๐จ๐ง๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ) + ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง + ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง + ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐
๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ (๐๐จ๐ง๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ) + ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง + ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง + ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐
We havenโt read that newspaper for a long time.
Llevamos mucho tiempo sin leer ese periรณdico.
My brother hasnโt smoked for ten years.
Mi hermano lleva diez aรฑos sin fumar.
๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐.
Iโd been working in that store for three months when they raised my pay.
LLevaba tres meses trabajando en esa tienda cuando me aumentaron el sueldo.
How long had you been teaching physics classes when you decided to retire?
ยฟCuรกnto tiempo llevaba Ud. dando clases de fรญsica cuando decidiรณ jubilarse?
We saw a copy of that newspaper in the bookstore yesterday. We hadnโt read it for three months
Vimos una copia de ese periรณdico en la librerรญa ayer. Llevรกbamos tres meses sin leerlo.
Mi hermano fumรณ hoy un cigarrillo que su amigo le ofreciรณ. Llevaba diez aรฑos sin fumar
Today my brother smoked a cigarette that a friend offered him. He hadnโt smoked for ten years.
๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐๐ฌ โ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌโ ๐๐ง๐ โ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฌโ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐. ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ, ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ .
๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ โ๐๐จ๐ซโ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ.
๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ:
๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ (๐ญ๐ก๐ -๐๐ง๐๐จ ๐จ๐ซ -๐ข๐๐ง๐๐จ or -๐ฒ๐๐ง๐๐จ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐):
I have been living in Santa Ana for two months.
Llevo dos meses viviendo en Santa Ana.
I have not smoked for a year.
Llevo un aรฑo sin fumar. I have not smoked for a year.
The dogs have been in a cage for a month because we donโt have any other place for them.
Los perros llevan un mes en una jaulita porque no tenemos otro sitio para ellos.
For two years we have been looking for a house.
Llevamos dos aรฑos buscando una casa.
๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ: ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ .
๐๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ (๐ญ๐ก๐ -๐๐ง๐๐จ, -๐ข๐๐ง๐๐จ or -๐ฒ๐๐ง๐๐จ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐):
He had been planning his exit for a year.
Llevaba un aรฑo preparando su salida.
Iโm bored. There has been little to do for three days.
Estoy aburrido. Hace tres dรญas que hay poco que hacer.
We had been waiting for a day for the improvement of weather conditions.
Llevรกbamos un dรญa esperando la mejorรญa de las condiciones meteorolรณgicas.
