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August 11, 2020 by Michelle Margaret Fajkus Spanish Grammar 0 comments

Llevar Conjugation: Free Spanish Lesson, Exercises, and PDF

Let’s find out how far llevar conjugation can take us. The verb llevar in Spanish is a regular verb—and definitely a useful and common one to learn and implement in conversation.

Because it’s a regular -ar verb, llevar conjugations are relatively simple. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll go over everything including how to use llevar in sentences, as well as the conjugation of llevar in the past, present, and future. Finally, you’ll have an opportunity to test your new knowledge with a mini-quiz.

The Spanish Verb Llevar

The Spanish verb llevar usually means “to take” or “to carry,” although it can have various other meanings depending on the context. Native English speakers often confuse it with the verb traer, which mearns “to bring.” 

Llevar is a regular -ar verb (hooray!), so it is conjugated with the same pattern as other regular -ar verbs including lavar, tomar, and celebrar.

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To Take  

Ella lleva a su sobrina a la biblioteca.
She takes her niece to the library.

To Carry

El niñito lleva el vaso a su madre.
The little boy carries the glass to his mother.

To Wear

Hoy voy a llevar mi vestido verde.
Today I’m going to wear my green skirt.

To Be Or Spend Time 

Fernando lleva tres meses en España.
Fernando has been in Spain for three months.

To Lead 

El guía nos llevó a los pirámides.
The guide led us to the pyramids.

To Be Older Than 

Su hermana le lleva cuatro años.
Her sister is four years older than her.

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Llevarse Meanings

In addition, llevar can be used as a reflexive or reciprocal verb, llevarse, which can have the following two meanings:

To Get Along 

Ana y Marta se llevan muy bien.
Ana and Marta get along very well.

To Take Away or Steal 

Un ladrón se llevó mi computadora.
A thief stole my computer.

Now let’s take a peek at the llevar conjugations! 

Llevar Conjugation 

Llevar Conjugation: Verbals 

Infinitive: llevar

Gerund: llevando

Participle: llevado

Examples:

¿Vas a llevar tu bolsa?
Are you going to take your purse?

Estamos llevando los nachos a la fiesta.
We are taking chips to the party.

Yo llevo 11 años viviendo en Guatemala.
I have been living in Guatemala for 11 years.

Here’s a handy guide to all the forms of the auxiliary verb llevar. Remember to add past participles to the following forms when you use them in conversation.

Llevar Conjugation: Indicative Mood

Present Indicative

YollevoYo llevo a mi hija a la feria. – I take my daughter to the fair.
TúllevasTú llevas el cheque al banco. – You take the check to the bank
Usted/él/ellallevaElla lleva un pastel de chocolate a la oficina. – She takes a chocolate cake to the office.
NosotrosllevamosNosotros llevamos galletas y queso a la playa. – We take crackers and cheese to the beach.
Ustedes/ellos/ellasllevanEllos llevan siempre sus teléfonos. – They always carry their phones.

Preterite Indicative

YollevéYo llevé a mi novia al cine. – I took my girlfriend to the movies.
TúllevasteTú llevaste el gato al veterinario. – You took the cat to the vet.
Usted/él/ellallevóElla llevó una taza de café en su carro. – She took a coffee mug in her car.
NosotrosllevamosLlevamos ropa azul para la foto. – We wore blue clothes for the photo.
Ustedes/ellos/ellasllevaronEllos llevaron tres maletas grandes. – They carried three large suitcases.

Imperfect Indicative

YollevabaYo llevaba a mi esposa a la isla. – I took my wife to the island.
TúllevabasTú llevabas la moto a la tienda. – You took the motorcycle to the store.
Usted/él/ellallevabaLucía llevaba un vestido blanco a la boda. – Lucia wore a white dress at the wedding.
NosotrosllevábamosLlevábamos cerveza a la fiesta. – We took beer to the party.
Ustedes/ellos/ellasllevabanMi abuelos llevaban siempre el jabón a los hoteles. – My grandparents always took soap to hotels.

Future Indicative

Yollevaré
Túllevarás
Usted/él/ellallevará
Nosotrosllevaremos
Ustedes/ellos/ellasllevarán

Conditional Indicative

Yollevaría
Túllevarías
Usted/él/ellallevaría
Nosotrosllevaríamos
Ustedes/ellos/ellasllevarían

Llevar Conjugation: Subjunctive Mood

Present Subjunctive

The present subjunctive is used in sentences with two clauses to express desire, doubt, denial, emotion, negation, possibility, and other subjective situations.

Yolleve
Túlleves
Usted/él/ellalleve
Nosotrosllevemos
Ustedes/ellos/ellaslleven
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Imperfect Subjunctive

Yollevarallevase*
Túllevaras
llevases*
Usted/él/ellallevarallevase*
Nosotroslleváramosllevasemos*
Ustedes/ellos/ellasllevaranllevasen*

*The llevase form is not commonly used in spoken Spanish, only in written form.

Llevar Conjugation: Imperative

The imperative mood is used to give orders or commands. Note that positive and negative commands have slightly different conjugations.

Positive Commands

Túlleva¡Lleva el depósito al banco! – Take the deposit to the bank!
Ustedlleve¡Lleva una blusa bonita! – Wear a pretty blouse!
Nosotrosllevemos¡Llevemos vino a la fiesta! – Let’s take wine to the party!
Ustedeslleven¡Lleven sus teléfonos! – Take your phones!

Negative Commands

Túno lleves¡No lo lleves! – Don’t take it!
Ustedno lleve¡No la lleve!
Nosotrosno llevemos¡No lo  llevemos!
Ustedesno lleven¡No las lleven!

Want to know more about conjugations? Check out our blog post: An Exclusive Beginner’s Guide to Spanish Conjugation.

Llevar Conjugation:  Exercises

  1. Identify the tense and subject of each llevar conjugation.
    1. Llevaste
    2. Llevemos
    3. No lleven
    4. Llevo
    5. Llevó
    6. Llevaras
    7. Llevarían
    8. Llevamos 
    9. Llevabas
    10. Llevando
  2. Conjugate llevar in the tense given.
    1. Nosotros – present subjunctive
    2. Ellos – future
    3. Yo – present simple
    4. Ustedes – imperfect
    5. Tú – conditional
  3. Find and correct the error in the llevar conjugation.
    1. Ella llevo una canasta.
    2. ¡No llevan la basura!
    3. Me gusta lleva mi mochila a la clase.
    4. ¿Has llevando agua para tomar?
    5. Javier llevando un pantalón rojo.
  1. Fill in the blank with the correct form of llevar.
    1. Ellos ___________ solo una maleta cuando viajaron a China. (imperfect)
    2. Ella ___________ una ensalada para su almuerzo ayer. (past simple)
    3. ¡ ___________ tu teléfono! (imperative, positive)
    4. Nosotros ___________ la niña a su escuela todos los días. (present simple)
    5. Espero que usted ___________ todo lo que necesita. (present subjunctive)
  1. Translate the following sentences to English.
    1. ¿Llevaste lo que te dije?
    2. He llevado mi carro al mecánico.
    3. Estamos llevando muchas cosas pesadas.
    4. Espero que nos llevemos bien con ellos.
    5. No lleven sus teléfonos; dejenlos en casa.

(Answer key is below!)

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Answer Key: 

  1. Tense and Subject
    a) preterite, tú; b) positive imperative or present subjunctive, nosotros; c) negative imperative, ellos/Uds; d) present indicative, yo; e) preterite indicative, yo; f) future indicative or imperfect subjunctive, tú; g) conditional; ellos/Uds; h) present indicative, nosotros; i) imperfect; tú; j) gerund, any subject
  2. Conjugating
    a) llevamos; b) llevarán; c) llevo; d) llevaban; llevarías
  3. Correcting errors
    a) llevo could be changed to lleva to make this sentence in the present tense or to llevó to make it a simple past sentence; b) the negative imperative form is “no lleven”; c) after “me gusta,” use the infinitive, llevar; d) here the participle, llevado, should be used; e) the verb estar is required before the gerund; in this case it could be “está” or “estaba”.
  4. Fill in the blank
    a) llevaban; b) llevó; c) Lleva; d) llevamos; e) lleve
  5. Translation
    a) Did you take what I told you to?; b) I have taken my car to the mechanic; c) We are carrying many heavy things; d) I hope we’ll get along well with them; e) Don’t bring your phones; leave them at home.

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