no llevaba

wasn't wearing / wasn't carrying

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phrase Common #4,547

wasn't wearing / wasn't carrying The imperfect form of llevar, used for something someone was not wearing or did not have with them at a particular time.

SP: Cuando salí de casa, no llevaba mi teléfono.

EN: When I left the house, I wasn't carrying my phone.

Tom no llevaba la dirección de Mary consigo.

Tom didn't have Mary's address with him.

No llevaba nuestra sangre, pero la queríamos.

She didn’t share our blood, but we loved her.

— Mystic River (2003)

No llevaba el pasaporte encima.

I didn't have my passport on me.

La tarta que ella comió no llevaba ninguna cereza encima.

The cake she ate didn’t have any cherries on top.

No llevaba nada puesto excepto su ropa interior.

She was wearing nothing except her underwear.

Ese ser humano no llevaba mono y se movía.

That human being was not wearing a jumpsuit and was moving.

— Solaris (1972)

Mary no llevaba mucho tiempo con él.

Mary hadn't been with him for long.

Él no llevaba sombrero.

He wasn't wearing a hat.

Tom no llevaba sus zapatos puestos.

Tom wasn't wearing his shoes.

No llevaba cinturón.

He wasn't wearing a seatbelt.

— Contratiempo (2017)

No llevaba un mes en el extranjero cuando enfermó.

He hadn't been abroad for a month when he fell ill.

Yo ya no llevaba una en el trabajo.

I no longer wore one at work.

— El club de la lucha (1999)

Tom se dio cuenta de que no llevaba dinero consigo.

Tom realized he didn't have any money with him.

No llevaba mis gafas.

I wasn't wearing my glasses.

— Zootrópolis 2 (2025)

Colombo no llevaba sombrero.

Columbus wasn't wearing a hat.

— El cielo sobre Berlín (1987)