| Principal Translations |
| carry [sth]⇒ vtr | (move, transport) | llevar⇒ vtr |
| | | cargar⇒ vtr |
| | Could you carry this table from the kitchen to the dining room? |
| | ¿Podrías llevar esta mesa de la cocina al comedor? |
| carry [sth] vtr | (vehicle: transport) | transportar⇒ vtr |
| | The truck carries cargo across the country. |
| | El camión transporta carga a través del país. |
| carry [sth] vtr | (conduct) | transportar⇒ vtr |
| | | conducir⇒ vtr |
| | This pipe carries water. |
| | Este caño transporta agua. |
| carry [sth] vtr | (support) (peso) | soportar⇒ vtr |
| | The steel beams can carry a lot of weight. |
| | Las vigas de acero pueden soportar una gran cantidad de peso. |
| carry [sth] vtr | (transmit) | ser portador de loc verb |
| | | transmitir⇒ vtr |
| | Mosquitoes carry malaria. |
| | El mosquito es portador de la malaria. |
| | El mosquito transmite la malaria. |
| carry [sth] vtr | (keep with you) | llevar consigo loc verb |
| | | tener encima loc verb |
| | | llevar⇒ vtr |
| | He always carries a knife for protection. |
| | Por protección siempre lleva un cuchillo consigo. |
| carry [sth] vtr | (stock) | tener⇒, vender⇒ vtr |
| | This shop doesn't carry all brands of clothes. |
| | Este negocio no tiene todas las marcas de ropa. |
| carry⇒ vi | (sound: travel) | llegar⇒ vi |
| | In the canyon, voices carry far. |
| | En el cañón, las voces llegan lejos. |
| Additional Translations |
| carry n | US (football) | contraataque nm |
| | The running back averages twenty yards a carry. |
| | El contraataque ha supuesto un avance de veinte yardas por acción. |
| carry vi | (reach an audience) | llegar a la audiencia loc verb |
| | The Minister's message will carry. |
| | El mensaje del Ministro llegará a la audiencia. |
| carry vi | (gain adoption) | ganar⇒ vtr |
| | The motion will carry in Congress. |
| | La moción va a ganar en el Congreso. |
| carry [sth]⇒ vtr | (involve, entail) | implicar⇒, conllevar⇒ vtr |
| | Robbery carries a ten-year prison term in some countries. |
| | El robo conlleva un período de diez años de prisión en algunos países. |
| carry [sth] vtr | (communicate, convey) | trasmitir⇒, comunicar⇒ vtr |
| | Commercials carry an obvious message. |
| | Los comerciales transmiten (or: comunican) un mensaje obvio. |
| carry [sb]⇒ vtr | (be pregnant with) | estar embarazada de loc verb |
| | (ES, coloquial) | llevar⇒ vtr |
| | Melinda is carrying twins. |
| | Melinda está embarazada de mellizos. |
| carry [sth]⇒ vtr | (continue, extend) | llevar⇒ vtr |
| | We don't want to carry things too far. |
| | No queremos llevar esto demasiado lejos. |
| carry [sb] to [sth]⇒ vtr | figurative (cause success of) | conducir⇒ vtr |
| | | llevar⇒ vtr |
| | The star player carried the team to victory. |
| | El gran jugador condujo al equipo a la victoria. |
| carry [sth]⇒ vtr | (publication: feature) | transmitir⇒ vtr |
| | Later editions of the newspaper carried a different headline story. |
| | Las ediciones vespertinas del periódico transmitieron un titular diferente. |
| carry [sth] vtr | (digit: transfer to next column) | llevarse⇒ v prnl |
| | (ES) | llevar⇒ vtr |
| | Don't forget to carry the two. |
| | No te olvides de llevarte el dos. |
| | No te olvides que llevas dos. |
| carry [sth] vtr | (golf) | rebasar⇒ vtr |
| | Alan is hoping to carry this sandtrap. |
| | Alan confía en rebasar este banco de arena. |
| carry yourself vtr + refl | (posture: hold yourself) | sostenerse⇒ v prnl |
| | | mantener la postura loc verb |
| | The ballerina carries herself well. |
| | La bailarina se sostiene bien. |
Locuciones verbales
carry | carrying |
| carry [sth] along vtr phrasal sep | (bring) | traer algo consigo loc verb |
| | | llevar algo consigo loc verb |
| | Traje a la niña conmigo, la niñera se enfermó. |
| | Lleva al niño contigo, va a haber otros chicos, podrán jugar juntos. |
carry [sth] around,
carry around [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (take with you) | llevar a todos lados loc verb |
| | | llevar a todas partes loc veb |
| | | llevar siempre loc verb |
| | My two-year-old carries his teddy bear around wherever he goes. |
| | Mi hijo de dos años lleva a todos lados su osito. |
| carry [sth/sb] away vtr phrasal sep | (tide, river: sweep off) | llevarse⇒ v prnl |
| | | arrastrar⇒ vtr |
| | The boy dropped a stick in the river and the current carried it away. |
| | El niño tiró un palo al río y la corriente se lo llevó. |
carry [sth] forward,
carry forward [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (sum: transfer to next column) (contabilidad) | transportar⇒ vtr |
| | Carry the number forward from the units to the tens column. |
| | Transporte el total de los parciales a la columna de la derecha. |
carry [sth] forward,
carry forward [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (cause to progress) | llevar adelante loc verb |
| | A team of experts is being assembled to carry the project forward. |
| | Están armando un grupo de expertos para llevar adelante el proyecto. |
| carry [sb/sth] off vtr phrasal sep | (abduct, kidnap) | llevarse⇒, robarse⇒ v prnl |
| | | secuestrar⇒ vtr |
| | She was carried off by persons unknown and never seen again. |
| | Se la llevaron personas desconocidas y nunca más volvieron a verla. |
| carry [sth] off vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (succeed in doing) (ropa, objeto) | llevar con estilo loc verb |
| | | llevar bien loc verb |
| | Not everyone can wear a red hat with purple shoes, but you really carry it off in style. |
| | No todos pueden usar un sombrero rojo con zapatos violetas, pero tú lo llevas con estilo. |
| carry on vi phrasal | (continue doing [sth]) | seguir⇒ vtr |
| Note: A hyphen is used when the term is a noun or a modifier. |
| | She carried on as if nothing had happened. |
| | Siguió como si nada hubiera pasado. |
| carry on with [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (continue [sth]) | seguir con vtr + prep |
| | | continuar con vtr + prep |
| | The teacher told us to carry on with the exercise she had assigned while she prepared a test. |
| | La profesora nos dijo que siguiéramos con el ejercicio que nos había asignado mientras preparaba el examen. |
carry on [sth],
carry [sth] on vtr phrasal sep | (preserve, continue) | seguir⇒ vtr |
| | | conservar⇒ vtr |
| | His daughter plans to carry the business on just as it was before. |
| | Su hija planea seguir con el negocio igual a como era antes. |
| carry on vi phrasal | informal (make a fuss) | armar un escándalo loc verb |
| | At bedtime the spoiled child would carry on until his parents shouted, "Enough!" |
| | A la hora de acostarse, ese niño malcriado armaba un escándalo hasta que sus padres gritaran "¡Basta!". |
carry [sth] out,
carry out [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (perform, conduct) | hacer⇒, realizar⇒ vtr |
| | | llevar a cabo loc verb |
| | The army sometimes carries out mountain rescues in this area. |
| | El ejército a veces hace rescates de montaña en esta zona. |
carry [sth] out,
carry out [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (bring to fruition) | cumplir⇒ vtr |
| | | realizar⇒ vtr |
| | | completar⇒ vtr |
| | The executor of a will carries out the wishes of the deceased. |
| | El ejecutor de un testamento cumple con los deseos del fallecido. |
carry [sth] over,
carry over [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (sum: transfer to next column) (matemática) | llevar⇒ vtr |
| | | llevarse⇒ v prnl |
| | Carry over the number "4" and put it at the top of the next column. |
| | Lleva el 4 y ponlo arriba de la siguiente columna. |
carry [sth] over,
carry over [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (vacation allowance: use next year) | guardar⇒, pasar⇒ vtr |
| | (vacaciones) | juntar⇒, acumular⇒ vtr |
| | My boss won't allow me to carry over my vacation time to next year so I must take holidays now. |
| | Mi jefe no me permite guardar días de vacaciones para el próximo año, así que tendré que tomar unas vacaciones ahora. |
| carry over to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (be extended) | llevarse algo a loc verb |
| | | extenderse a v prnl + prep |
| | | continuar en vi + prep |
| | His frustration at work carried over to his home. |
| | Él se llevaba su frustración del trabajo a su casa. |
| | Su frustración en el trabajo se extendía a su casa. |
| carry through with [sth] vtr phrasal insep | UK (complete) | llevar a cabo loc verb |
| | | llevar adelante loc verb |
| | She has good intentions but never carries through with them. |
| | Tiene buenas intenciones, pero nunca las lleva a cabo. |
carry [sb] through,
carry [sb] through [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (help to endure, survive) | ayudar a sobrellevar, ayudar a superar loc verb |
| | Rebecca says her faith has carried her through the trauma of the past year. |
| | Rebecca dice que su fe la ayudó a sobrellevar el trauma del año pasado. |