{"id":4129,"date":"2012-01-17T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=4129"},"modified":"2014-07-15T11:29:21","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T15:29:21","slug":"idioms-with-the-verb-llevar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/idioms-with-the-verb-llevar\/","title":{"rendered":"Idioms with the verb “llevar”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Llevar<\/strong> means “to take” or “to carry” and has several interesting idioms related to it. Let’s learn some of them today, shall we?<\/p>\n

llevar adelante<\/strong> – to carry something through
\nEl Gobierno llev\u00f3 adelante su proyecto de ley.<\/em> – The government carried through with its draft bill.
\nSu novio la dej\u00f3 pero llev\u00f3 su embarazo sola.<\/em> – Her boyfriend left her, but she carried her pregnancy through.<\/p>\n

llevar de cabeza<\/strong> – to worry about something\/someone very much
\nEsta ni\u00f1a me lleva de cabeza con su vagancia.<\/em> – This girl has me worried with her laziness.
\nEl coche nos lleva de cabeza con tantas aver\u00edas.<\/em> – The car has us worried with so many break-downs.<\/p>\n

llevar(se) un alegr\u00f3n<\/strong> – to feel a burst of happiness
\nCuando lo vi entrar por la puerta, me llev\u00e9 un alegr\u00f3n.<\/em> – When I saw him walk through the door, I felt ecstatic.
\nMe llev\u00e9 un alegr\u00f3n muy grande por haber aprobado el examen.<\/em> – I was so happy to have passed the test.<\/p>\n

dejarse llevar por la corriente<\/strong> – to go along with the crowd
\nYo le dije que, aunque no le guste, se deje llevar por la corriente y haga lo mismo que todos.<\/em> – I told him that he should, even if he doesn’t like it, go along with the crowd and do the same as everyone else.
\nAntes no le gustaban las pel\u00edculas de Spielberg, pero se dej\u00f3 llevar por la corriente y ahora le encantan.<\/em> – He didn’t like Spielberg’s films before, but he went along with the crowd and now he loves them.<\/p>\n

llevar a cabo<\/strong> – to carry out an activity
\nLlevaremos a cabo la tarea de organizar el festival.<\/em> – We’ll carry out the task of organizing the festival.
\nSi empiezas algo, tienes que llevarlo a cabo.<\/em> – If you start something, you have to carry it out.<\/p>\n

llevar el agua a su molino<\/strong> – to do something for their own interests
\nCada cual lleva agua a su molino.<\/em> – Everyone does something for their own interest.
\nSab\u00edamos que \u00e9l quer\u00eda llevar el agua a su molino cuando asumi\u00f3 el proyecto.<\/em> – We knew he wanted to get his own way when he took over the project.<\/p>\n

llevar la contraria<\/strong> – to contradict somebody
\nDiga lo que diga, ella siempre me lleva la contraria.<\/em> – Whatever she says, it’s only to contradict me.
\nLo dice solo por llevarme la contraria.<\/em> – He only says that to contradict me.<\/p>\n

Por hoy es todo.<\/em> Would you be able to provide more examples with the idioms above? Leave them in the comments! Nos vemos prontito.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Llevar means “to take” or “to carry” and has several interesting idioms related to it. Let’s learn some of them today, shall we? llevar adelante – to carry something through El Gobierno llev\u00f3 adelante su proyecto de ley. – The government carried through with its draft bill. Su novio la dej\u00f3 pero llev\u00f3 su embarazo…<\/p>\n

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