Llevar vs. Traer

Question 1

Can you bring me a glass of water?

Answer 1

¿Me puede traer un vaso de agua?

Question 2

I always carry my cellphone with me.

Answer 2

Siempre llevo mi celular conmigo.

Question 3

My brother takes me to work every day.

Answer 3

Mi hermano me lleva al trabajo todos los días.

Question 4

I’m going to bring the gifts to the party of birthday of my newphew.

Answer 4

Voy a llevar los regalos a la fiesta de cumpleaños de mi sobrino.

Question 5

Bring your guitar, let’s play together.

Answer 5

Trae tu guitarra, tocamos|toquemos juntos.

Question 6

I carry three years living in Spain
My Mom carries twenty years without smoking.

I’ve been living in Spain for three years.
My mom hasn’t|hadn’t smoked for twenty years.

Answer 6

Llevo tres años viviendo en España.
Mi mamá lleva|levaba veinte años sin fumar.

Question 7

I brought chocolates for everyone.

Answer 7

Traje chocolates para todos.

Question 8

I can’t carry all of this alone, I need help.

Answer 8

No puedo llevar todo esto solo, necesito ayuda.

alone = by myself i.e. por mí mismo

Question 9

I carry the key of the house in my pocket

I have the house key in my pocket.

Answer 9

Llevo la llave de la casa en mi bolsillo.

Question 10

I’m going to take my dog to the park to play.

Answer 10

Voy a llevar a mi perro al parque para que juegue.

a/para jugar

Question 11

Take from here to another place

Answer 11

Llevar

Question 12

From elsewhere to here

Answer 12

Traer

Question 13

Are you going to bring the beer tomorrow to the barbecue at my house?

Yes of course, Them I bring.

Answer 13

¿Vas a traer las cervezas mañana a la barbacoa en mi casa?

Claro que sí, yo las llevo.

friend is another place with the beer

Question 14

I brought all of my homework to the class of Spanish today.

And you all, did you bring your homework?

Answer 14

Traje todas mis tareas a la clase de español hoy.

¿Y ustedes trajeron sus tareas?

subjects brought the items from somewhere else to where the speaker is

Question 15

Did you take the kids to school today?

Yes, them I took at 8:30 in the morning.

Answer 15

¿Llevaste a los niños a la escuela hoy?

Sí, los llevé a las 8:30 de la mañana.

the objects were taken somewhere other than “here”

Question 16

We brought a present pretty-really for our grandmother.

Answer 16

Trajimos un regalo lindísimo para nuestra abuela.

Question 17

I don’t give a damn

Answer 17

me trae || sin cuidado | al fresco | la floja ||

idiom - la floja is more casual

Question 18

to be a headache for someone
the case is a headache for the police

idiom
bring of head to person

Answer 18

traer de cabeza a alguien
el caso trae de cabeza a la polícia

Question 19

Unfortunately, his health problems took/led his family to the ruin

Answer 19

Desafortunadamente, sus problemas de salud llevaron a su familia a la ruina

to take/lead to a place (figurative also)

Question 20

That lady wears a hat-horrible!

Answer 20

¡Esa señora lleva un sombrero horrible!

wear

Question 21

This sauce has a lot of chilli and it’s very spicy.

Answer 21

Esta salsa lleva mucho chile y está muy picante.

ingredients

Question 22

The thief took all the jewels that were in the display cabinet.

Answer 22

El ladrón se llevó todas las joyas que había en la vitrina.

steal (also borrow)

Question 23

What a surprise Enrique got with the farewell party we organized for him!

Answer 23

¡Qué sorpresa se llevó Enrique con la fiesta de despedida que le organizamos!

to get/take away something: figurative

llevarse una sorpresa is very common

Question 24

I take the black pants in the size-large.

Answer 24

Llevo los pantalones negros en la talla grande.

Question 25

Do you get along with Veronica?
I don’t. We are always fighting (arguing?).

Answer 25

¿Tú te llevas bien con Verónica?
Yo no. Siempre estamos peleándonos.

Question 26

(Me ) I took the boxes to the warehouse.

Answer 26

(Me) Llevé las cajas al almacén.

To take the responsibility AND/OR
To do something completely

Used for transporting someone/something

Question 27

To-me he carried two meters of advantage in the race when he fell.

He was ahead of me by two meters in the race when he fell.

Answer 27

Me llevaba dos metros de ventaja en la carrera cuando se cayó.

Question 28

My wife is two months older than me.

Answer 28

Mi esposa me lleva dos meses.

Question 29

It only takes ten minutes to fill-in the form.

Answer 29

Solo lleva diez minutos (re)llenar el formulario.

Question 30

to whom things are taken to or brought to
metraes,nostrajo,lesllevó,tellevo…

Answer 30

indirect

Question 31

who/what one takes or brings something to
metraes,nostrajo,los/lasllevó,tellevo…

Answer 31

direct