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No. 7,730 in Spanish

llevar

To carry, to take, to wear.

In a sentence

  • Yo llevo una chaqueta negra.

    I am wearing a black jacket.

    In this sentence, 'llevar' is used to indicate 'to wear', specifically clothing that the user currently has on.

  • Ellos llevan los documentos a la oficina.

    They are taking the documents to the office.

    Here, 'llevar' is utilized to mean 'to carry' or 'to take', which describes the act of moving something from one place to another.

  • Llevamos estudiando dos horas seguidas.

    We have been studying for two hours straight.

    In this example, 'llevar' is used in a temporal sense, paired with a gerund (-ando/-iendo form), to indicate how much time has passed since the activity began.

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