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llevar

/ʝeˈbaɾ/

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verb/ʝeˈbaɾ/

to take somewhere (most of the time away from the speaker); to carry, bear, hold; to wear; to have, include (have as a component, part, accessory or ingredient); to give a lift, to give a ride

Near-synonym: (only sometimes) traer (“bring”)

Synonyms: llevar puesto, traer

Antonyms: traer

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