No. 5,348 in Spanish
llevados
"Taken" or "carried."
In a sentence
Los documentos fueron llevados a la oficina principal.
The documents were taken to the main office.
Here, 'llevados' is used as the past participle in a passive construction to describe an action performed on the subject (documents).
Los niños estaban muy llevados en su entusiasmo.
The children were very carried away in their enthusiasm.
'Llevados' in this context metaphorically describes the state of the children being overly involved or consumed by their excitement.
Hemos sido llevados por un camino difícil, pero al final vimos la luz.
We were taken along a difficult path, but in the end, we saw the light.
In this sentence, 'llevados' illustrates the figurative act of being guided or directed along a challenging course of events.
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