traer - to bring something from point A to point B. To use traer, the speaker needs to be at point B
llevar - to bring something from point A to point B. To use llevar, the speaker can't be at point B.
The most obvious examples for me:
you're at a party and you call someone to bring ice:
¿Podis traer hielo? Se nos acabó.
Can you bring ice? It ran out.
you're on your way to a party and you call to see what to bring:
¿Qué llevo? Coca-cola? hielo? What should I bring? Coke? Ice?
also I hear people use "lo ando trayendo" and sometimes "lo ando llevando".
María: ¿Tenis el examen del año pasado?
el Tata: si, lo ando trayendo.
María: Do you have the exam?
el Tata: Yes, I have it with me.
General Spanish
*Thanks Clare, for the suggestion.
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I hate traer and llevar. 25 years on since I started learning spanish they are the bane of my existance. I academically understand the difference, but I appear to be incapable of utilizing this knowledge. It drives Seba batty.
hahahahaha. As it should. How's his English, a todo esto?
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