yo Llevo

have been (doing something for a period of time)

→ llevar

llev to take, carry + o 1st-person singular present (indicative or subjunctive)

auxiliary · 1st-person singular, present tense Rare #48,448

have been (doing something for a period of time) Used with a gerund to say how long an ongoing activity has lasted.

SP: Llevo esperando una hora.

EN: I have been waiting for an hour.

Conjugation of llevar

	Singular	Plural
First	—	llevamos

I've been waiting for you for ages!

I've been working with him for years!

— Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988)

I've been looking for you ever since!

— Los Siete Samuráis (1954)

I've been trying to teach him all night!

— Atrápame si puedes (2002)

I've been following your example for years!

— Anatomía de una Caída (2023)