llevar

Meaning

(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)
(transitive) to take, to take out (implies moving someone further from the speaker)
(intransitive) to lead, to drive
(transitive) to have spent time, have been
(transitive) to wear (ellipsis of the more formal llevar puesto)
(transitive) to have, include (have as a component, part, accessory or ingredient)
(transitive) to give a lift, to give a ride
(colloquial) to hold up, to be doing, to cope
(reflexive) to wear
(informal,reflexive) to be in, to be fashionable

carry

take

take along

take someone somewhere

lead up

take by the hand

sport

to wear

bring from

help smb cross

bring along

hacer salir

llevar a cuestas

llevar en espalda

llevar cosas

tomar de la mano

conducir a personas

conducir de ida

llevar animales

conducir ganado

ir detrás de uno

suceder en orden

llevar carga

meter cargando

ser el manager de

porter

escondidamente llevar algo

abrazar entre los brazos

Frequency

Hyphenated as

lle‧var

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʝeˈbaɾ/

Inherited from Old Spanish levar, from Latin levāre. The initial /ʎ/ developed from an earlier /lj/ in rhizotonic conjugations such as lieva (< Latin lĕvat), where it resulted from the diphthongization of stressed Latin /ĕ/ to /je/. Eventually /ʎ-/ spread to the entire verb paradigm by analogy.