llevas

Llevas is the second-person singular present indicative form of the Spanish verb llevar. It covers a range of meanings including to carry, to wear, to bring, or to take someone or something somewhere, and it can also indicate duration or progression in certain constructions. For example, llevas una mochila means you are carrying a backpack, llevas puesto un abrigo means you are wearing a coat, and llevas dos horas esperando means you have been waiting for two hours.

Conjugation and usage notes: the standard present indicative forms of llevar are: yo llevo, tú llevas, él/ella lleva, nosotros llevamos, vosotros lleváis, ellos llevan. The form llevas is used with the informal subject tú. In dialects that use the pronoun vos, a corresponding form is llevás, often with an accent. Llevar appears in many common idioms, such as llevar puesto (to wear), llevarse bien (to get along well), llevar a cabo (to carry out), and llevar la cuenta (to keep track).

Etymology and development: llevar derives from Latin levāre, meaning to raise or lift, with the sense of bearing or transporting evolving into the broader meanings used in modern Spanish.

See also: common phrases employing llevar include llevarse bien, llevar puesto, llevar a cabo, and llevar la cuenta. The form llevas specifically identifies the tú-subject present tense.