How to Say ‘I've been for two years’ in Spain Spanish
Llevo dos años
YEH-voh dos AH-nyohs
[YEH-voh dos AH-nyohs]
💬 Usage Tip: Llevar plus a length of time is how Spaniards say how long they've been doing something: llevo tres meses aquí "I've been here three months". It's simpler than the English "I have been".
Phrase Breakdown
Llevo
[YEH-voh]
I have been (for a time)
With a time period, 'llevar' expresses how long you have been somewhere or doing something.
Llevo un año en Madrid.
I've been in Madrid for a year.
dos
[dos]
two
Equivalent to the sum of one and one.
Tengo dos hermanos.
I have two brothers.
años
[AH-nyohs]
years
Plural of año (year).
Tengo veinte años.
I am twenty years old.
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