Llevar

Question 1

To carry

I carry my books to school.

Answer 1

Llevar

Llevo mis libros a la escuela.

In Spanish they also use Llevar for ingredients, as in an item on a menu, or for time.

Question 2

Take out food

For here or for carry out.

Answer 2

Para llevar

Por aquí o para llevar?

   OR

Por tomar aquí o para llevar?

Question 3

What’s on (in) the sandwich?

Literally…. What does the sandwich carry?

Answer 3

Qué lleva el sándwich?

Question 4

What does the pasta have in it?

Or What does the pasta carry?

Answer 4

Qué lleva la pasta?

Question 5

How long have you been here?

Or

How much time have you carried here?

Answer 5

Cuánto tiempo lleva(as- for informal) aquí?

Question 6

It’s been a long time since I spoke Spanish.

Or

I’ve carried a lot of time without speaking Spanish.

Answer 6

Llevo mucho tiempo sin hablar español.

Question 7

To have been doing something for a long time

Answer 7

Llevar mucho tiempo haciendo algo.

Question 8

I have been learning Spanish for two years.

Answer 8

Llevo aprendiendo español durante dos años.

Question 9

I can’t carry anything else.

Answer 9

No puedo llevar nada más.

Question 10

How long have you been learning Spanish.

Answer 10

Cuánto tiempo llevas aprendiendo español?

Question 11

To wear (clothing)

You have to wear an elegant gown to the wedding.

Answer 11

Llevar

Tienes que llevar un vestido elegante a la boda.

Question 12

I have been living in Toronto since 2002.

Answer 12

Llevo viviendo en Toronto desde 2002.

It’s not just time, ingredients, and clothing which are “carried”, but also activities such as learning, living, eating etc. In which case Llevar is conjugated, but the activity (verb) is always as a gerund.

Question 13

To wear clothes

Answer 13

Llevar ropas

Question 14

Jimmy is wearing a red t-shirt.

Answer 14

Jimmy lleva una camiseta roja.

Note this could also mean that Jimmy is taking / carrying a red t-shirt (to a party perhaps as a gift)
-context would tell

Question 15

Jimmy led / guided / took his family through the city.

Answer 15

Jimmy llevó a su familia por la ciudad.

Still has a connection to “carried”, although not literal.

Question 16

Jimmy stole a red t-shirt.

Answer 16

Jimmy se llevó una camiseta roja.

The reflexive tense in this context means to steal.
Could also have used “robar (robó)”

Question 17

I’ve only been back one week, but already I want to return to Spain.

Answer 17

Solo llevo una semana de vuelta, pero ya quiero regresar a España.

“Vuelta “ in this case means “back”, but can also mean “return” as in “el viaje de vuelta “ (the return trip). It has nothing to do with “Volver”.

Question 18

“A while” or “a bit”

I’ve been in the waiting room for a long while.

Answer 18

Un Rato

Llevo mucho rato en la sala de espera.

Note:

The rodent = La Rata