grammar.verbs.llevar-gerund
Llevar + time + gerund: 'have been ...ing for'
Llevo dos años viviendo aquí = 'I've been living here for two years'. Duration with llevar, no perfect tense involved.
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Explanation
Llevar + period + gerund counts ongoing duration: llevamos una hora esperando, lleva meses buscando departamento. Equivalent to hace dos años que vivo aquí.
Negative version uses sin + infinitive: llevo tres días sin dormir bien ('I haven't slept well for three days').
Examples
Llevo seis meses estudiando español.
I've been studying Spanish for six months.
I've been studying Spanish for six months.
Region: global
Llevábamos años sin vernos.
We hadn't seen each other in years.
We hadn't seen each other in years.
Region: global