What does llevar + gerundio mean?

ExpressionNeutro

to have been doing something — for a time

Says how long something has been going on: llevo dos horas esperando, lleva tres meses sin llamar. With a length of time and no verb it says the same, llevo dos horas. English has no direct equivalent; it needs 'have been …ing'.

Llevo media hora en la cola.
And still in it.

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