Llevar is a regular -ar verb in Spanish.
Practice llevar free →Llevar is a workhorse verb meaning 'to carry', 'to take' and 'to wear', and it powers one of the most useful structures in Spanish. As a regular -ar verb its forms are simple, but its real value is the pattern llevar + time + gerund, which expresses how long you have been doing something: llevo dos años estudiando español (I have been studying Spanish for two years). English speakers often get this wrong by reaching for the present perfect. Llevar also handles clothing (lleva una chaqueta) and the reflexive llevarse bien con means to get on well with someone — a phrase examiners love in descriptions of family and friends.
Quick facts
Llevar (to carry / wear) is a regular -ar verb.
Real sentences across different tenses — the kind of thing you'd actually say or write.
To take or carry: te llevo a casa (I'll take you home).
To wear clothes: lleva una camiseta roja (he's wearing a red T-shirt).
Llevar + time + gerund: llevo dos años aquí (I've been here two years).
Llevarse bien/mal con: me llevo bien con mi hermana.
Fixed expressions worth knowing — they come up in listening, reading and writing tasks.
Idiomatic expressions
Llevar + time + gerund is the standard way to say how long you've been doing something: llevo tres años estudiando = I've been studying for three years. English speakers often reach for the present perfect here and get it wrong. Llevar also means both 'to wear' and 'to carry/take'.
llevar is a regular -ar verb — it follows the standard -ar pattern in every tense. That makes it a good one to drill: if you know llevar, you know the template for all regular -ar verbs.
Type conjugations from memory and get instant feedback. That's how you actually build the automatic recall the exam needs — not from reading tables.
Practice llevar now →Three questions. Press Enter to check each answer.
yo: llevo, tú: llevas, él: lleva, nosotros: llevamos, vosotros: lleváis, ellos: llevan
Llevar is a regular -ar verb following the standard -ar pattern.
Use llevar in multiple tenses to show range — present, preterite and future at minimum. This is a key criterion for higher GCSE marks.
Verbs that are easy to confuse with llevar or that behave like it.
This reference is written for UK GCSE and A-Level Spanish learners and their teachers. It is designed for exam revision: every form is checked against standard conjugation rules, and the examples reflect the registers and topics that come up in the AQA, Edexcel and Eduqas specifications. Llevar is a high-frequency verb and appears often in exam papers. For active recall, use the free practice tool rather than only reading the tables.