llevar
/ʝeˈbaɾ/, [ɟ͡ʝeˈβ̞aɾ], /ʝeˈbaɾ/, [ɟ͡ʝeˈβ̞aɾ]carry
Verb llevar (first-person singular present llevo, first-person singular preterite llevé, past participle llevado)
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(transitive) to take, to carry, to take away, to carry away, to carry around, to bring, to bear, to lug (implies to move something further from who speaks)
- Le llevaré un regalo a Rosa para su cumpleaños.
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I will take a present to Rosa for her birthday.
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(transitive) to take, to take out (implies moving someone further from the speaker)
- Llevamos a las chicas al cine.
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We're taking the girls to the movies.
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(intransitive, or transitive with a) to lead, to lead to, to drive, to drive to
- A la luz de esos resultados, todo esto lleva a la conclusión de que hay que idear métodos alternativos.
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In light of those findings, all this leads to the conclusion that alternative methods should be devised.
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(transitive, with gerund) to have spent time, have been
- Llevo seis años aquí.
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I've been here 6 years.
- Llevo dos años estudiando francés.
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I've been studying French for two years.
- Llevamos más de 30 años casados.
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We've been married for more than 30 years.
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(transitive) to wear (short for the more formal llevar puesto)
- Ella llevaba una blusa rosa
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She was wearing a pink blouse.
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(transitive) to have, include (have as a component, part, accessory or ingredient)
- Si es quesadilla lleva queso, si no lleva queso, no es quesadilla.
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If it is a quesadilla, it has cheese; if it does not have cheese it is not a quesadilla.
- Esta palabra no lleva acento.
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This word does not have an accent mark.
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(transitive) to give a lift, to give a ride
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(colloquial) to hold up, to be doing, to cope
- ¿Cómo lo llevas?
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How are you holding up?
Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
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Espero que no estés planeando llevar ese vestido a la fiesta.
I hope you're not planning on wearing that dress to the party.
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Te voy a llevar al mercado una vez más y venderte como leña seca.
I am going to take you to the market once more and sell you as dry firewood.
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No sabe llevar el compás.
He can't keep time.
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Tal vez esté ayudando a llevar la armonía entre las personas con mi música.
I may be helping to bring harmony between people through my music.
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No fue un problema llevar al grupo de niños a la biblioteca.
Taking the group of children to the library was no problem.
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Tom debería llevar un paraguas porque parece que llueve.
Tom should take an umbrella because it looks like rain.
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Tom está demasiado borracho para manejar. ¿Vos lo podrías llevar a su casa?
Tom is too drunk to drive. Could you take him home?
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Queremos llevar los útiles lingüísticos al siguiente nivel. Queremos ver evolución en el marco del aprendizaje de lenguas. Y eso no puede conseguirse sin recursos lingüísticos libres, que no se pueden construir sin una comunidad, que a su vez no puede contribuir sin plataformas eficientes.
We want to bring language tools to the next level. We want to see innovation in the language learning landscape. And this cannot happen without open language resources which cannot be built without a community which cannot contribute without efficient platforms.
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Vale la pena llevar a cabo la idea.
It's worthwhile to carry out the idea.
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Llevará un tiempo acostumbrarse a llevar una peluca.
It'll take some time to get used to wearing a wig.
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