When to Use Traer?

Use traer to ask your waiter to bring you something. Llevar is the verb you would use to volunteer to take a dish to a friend's buffet…and then traer when you are actually at the party and telling someone what you brought.

Does llevar mean to bring?

When expressing that a person is taking something or someone else to a different place, 'llevar' means 'to take' or 'to carry'.

How do you use the verb Traer?

6 Different Uses of the Spanish Verb Traer in English
  1. To bring. Voy a traer una botella de vino. ...
  2. To carry. Desafortunadamente no traigo dinero. ...
  3. To wear (or be dressed in) ¿Qué traes esta noche? ...
  4. To provoke (or cause) ...
  5. To have (or contain) ...
  6. Traer(se) (to bring with oneself)
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