61 LLevar Many Uses Flashcards
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The Spanish verb llevar used to mean primarily to carry a heavy burden. However, it has become one of the most flexible verbs in the language, used not only in discussing what a person carries,
but also what a person wears, has, does, tolerates, or moves. As a result, it isnโt easy to tell what llevar means out of context.
๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ โ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ซโ
๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ โ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ซโ
One of the most common uses of llevar is as the equivalent of โto wearโ clothing or accessories.
It can also refer to wearing or sporting a type of style, such as tattoos or a type of hairdo.
Normally, if a person is wearing a type of item of which he or she would wear or use only one at a time, the indefinite article (un or una, the equivalent of โaโ or โanโ) is not used. Often the definite article (el or la (the equivalent of โtheโ) can be used instead.
In other words, Spanish doesnโt say the equivalent of โI am wearing a dressโ but often โI am wearing the dress.โ If the identity of the item is important, such as if the sentence identifies the itemโs color, an indefinite article is retained.
It isnโt necessary to wear your hat.
No es necesario llevar el sombrero.
Donโt forget to cover up your neck and wear a long-sleeved shirt.
No olvides taparte el cuello y lleva camisa de manga larga.
We donโt know how we are going to wear our hair.
No sabemos cรณmo vamos a llevar el pelo.
My friend wasnโt wearing face paint.
Mi amiga no llevรณ la cara pintada.
๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ โ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒโ
๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ โ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒโ
Another common use for llevar is to indicate that someone or something is being carried or transported.
It can be used for carrying by people as well as by machines.
I canโt carry anything else.
No puedo llevar nada mรกs.
The plane carries a maximum of 178 passages.
El aviรณn lleva como mรกximo 178 pasajeros.
They took their children to a concert in the park.
Llevaron a sus hijos a un concierto en el parque.
The buses took the invitees to the hotel.
Los buses llevaron a los invitados al hotel.
The truck carries seven large tanks of hydrogen.
El camiรณn lleva siete grandes tanques de hidrรณgeno.
I want to take the voice of radicalism to all the neighborhoods.
Quiero llevar la voz del radicalismo a todos los barrios.
๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ (๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ)โ
to tolerate, cope or deal with (something):
(He puts up with defeat very well.
Lleva muy bien las derrotas.
๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ (๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ง)โ
to transport (something or someone):
Pedro took us to the airport.
Pedro nos llevรณ al aeropuerto.
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ (๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ๐)โ
to have or include (an ingredient):
My mother likes anything with chocolate in it.
A mi madre le gusta todo lo que lleva chocolate.
๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ (๐ฎ๐ง ๐ฏ๐๐กรญ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐จ)โ
to drive (a vehicle):
She drove the car to Madrid.
Llevรณ el coche a Madrid.
