llevar conjugation: all tenses in Spanish, with meaning

/ʎeˈβaɾ/ ES

/ʝeˈβaɾ/ MX

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Translation

to carry, to take, to wear, to have been (duration)

Word origin

From Latin levare ('to raise, lift, carry off'), from levis ('light').

Origin: Latin
Root: levare
English cognates: levant, elevate

Grammar

Verb type-ar regular

Conjugation

Regular -ar conjugation. Pronouns: yo, tú, él/ella/ud., nos., vos., ellos/uds..

Indicative

Person	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Future	Conditional
yo	llevo	llevé	llevaba	llevaré	llevaría
tú	llevas	llevaste	llevabas	llevarás	llevarías
él/ella/ud.	lleva	llevó	llevaba	llevará	llevaría
nos.	llevamos	llevamos	llevábamos	llevaremos	llevaríamos
vos.	lleváis	llevasteis	llevabais	llevaréis	llevaríais
ellos/uds.	llevan	llevaron	llevaban	llevarán	llevarían

Subjunctive

Person	Present	Imperfect (-ra)	Imperfect (-se)
yo	lleve	llevara	llevase
tú	lleves	llevaras	llevases
él/ella/ud.	lleve	llevara	llevase
nos.	llevemos	lleváramos	llevásemos
vos.	llevéis	llevarais	llevaseis
ellos/uds.	lleven	llevaran	llevasen

Imperative

Person	Affirmative
tú	lleva
ud.	lleve
nosotros	llevemos
vosotros	llevad
uds.	lleven

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle: llevando
Past participle: llevado

Examples

I can take the luggage to the car if you like.

He has been trying to get that job for years.

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I do not know what to wear to tomorrow's dinner, nothing feels right.

She was wearing a very elegant blue dress at the wedding.

This bus takes you directly to the city centre.

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