Verbs: LLEVAR Flashcards
to take
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Take the dirty plates to the kitchen.
Lleva los platos sucios a la cocina.
to carry
My husband will carry the grocery bags.
Mi marido llevará las bolsas de la compra.
Then turn around and take those bags right upstairs.
Entonces date la vuelta y lleva esas bolsas arriba.
to take (to guide)
The butler took us to our room.
El mayordomo nos llevó a nuestra habitación.
to wear
She always wears her favorite boots when it snows.
Ella siempre lleva sus botas favoritas cuando nieva.
He’s wearing the same clothes he had on last night.
Él lleva la misma ropa que ayer.
to take… (how long) to do something
It took me four hours to study (I’ve been studying for four hours) and there’s still a lot left.
Llevo cuatro horas estudiando y todavía me queda mucho.
This has taken us months…
Esto nos ha llevado meses…
A suit may take several weeks to complete.
Un traje lleva semanas para terminarlo.
(to overtake someone or something)
to be ahead
He is ahead by four meters in the race.
Le lleva cuatro metros de ventaja en la carrera.
(to overtake someone or something)
to be older than
My husband is two months older than me.
Mi marido me lleva dos meses.
Pronominal verb
to take
He took all of his belongings with him.
LLEVARSE
Se llevó todas sus pertenencias consigo.
I did the work and he gets the glory.
Yo hice el trabajo y él se lleva la gloria.
And the winner gets $100.
Y el ganador se lleva $ 100.
Pronominal verb
to get along
The two sisters have never gotten along well.
LLEVARSE
Las dos hermanas nunca se han llevado bien.
She and your mother, they must get along well.
Seguro que ella y tu madre se llevan genial.
It’s such a pleasure when you all get on well.
Es tan placentero cuando todos se llevan tan bien.
Dogs and children go great together.
Perros y niños se llevan genial.
No wonder you guys get along so badly.
Con razón ustedes se llevan (os lleváis) tan mal.
Looks like it hasn’t worked in years.
Parece que lleva años sin funcionar.
He’s been missing for hours.
Él lleva horas desaparecido.
This place has been deserted for eight years.
Este sitio lleva ocho años abandonado.
His marriage has been dead a long time.
Su matrimonio lleva muerto mucho tiempo.
He’s been doing it for a couple of weeks now.
Lo lleva haciendo durante dos semanas.
