traer

transitive verb

1. to bring (de un lugar a otro)

2. to carry (llevar encima)

3. to have (contener)

4. to wear (llevar puesto)

5. to bring (provocar) (ruina, pobreza, suerte); to carry, to have (consecuencias)

6. (informal) (en un estado concreto)

traerse

pronomial verb

1. to bring (along) (llevar con uno)

se trajo un cuaderno/a unos amigos -> she brought (along) a notebook/some friends

2. (informal) (tramar)

me pregunto qué se traerán (entre manos) esos dos -> I wonder what those two are up to

3. (informal)

traer [trah-err’]

article & verb transitive

1. To fetch, to bring, to carry, to conduct any way.

2. To bring, to carry, to attract (imán), to draw towards oneself.

3. To bring about (causar), to cause, to occasion.

4. To come, to handle, to manage.

5. To assign reasons or authorities to prove a thing (autoridad).

6. To bring to, to oblige, to compel to do something.

7. To bring over, to reduce, to bind, to prevail upon, to persuade.

8. To be engaged in, to carry on, to have.

9. To use, to wear.

Traer medias de seda -> to wear silk stockings
Traer y llevar cuentos, to carry tales backwards and forwards. Traer en boca -> or lenguas, to traduce one’s reputation, to censure or speak ill of one’s actions
Traer perdido a alguno -> to be deeply in love; to be the ruin of a person
Traer a consecuencia -> to place a thing in a situation which enhances or diminishes its value; to say something pertinent
Traer un pleito con alguno -> to be engaged in a lawsuit against someone
Traer a uno entre ojos -> (Met.) to be suspicious of a person
Traer consigo -> to carry along
Traer a la mano -> to fetch or carry
Traer al ojo alguna cosa -> to keep a thing carefully in sight; to impress a thing upon one’s mind
Traer a cuento -> to turn the conversation to a desired point

verb reflexive

10. To be dressed well or poorly.

11. To have a graceful or ungainly deportment.

As a reflexive verb used always with the adverbs bien or mal.

Verb Conjugation for "traer"

	Presente	Pretérito	Imperfect	Futuro	Subjuntivo
Yo	traigo	traje	traía	traeré	traiga
Tú	traes	trajiste	traías	traerás	traigas
Ella/Él/Usted	trae	trajo	traía	traerá	traiga
Nosotros	traemos	trajimos	traíamos	traeremos	traigamos
Vosotros	traéis	trajisteis	traíais	traeréis	traigáis
Ellos/Ustedes	traen	trajeron	traían	traerán	traigan

Complete traer conjugation


Q:	traer versus llevar
A:	¿Puede traerne un poco más de café? (request) Traigame un poco más de cafe (imperative) Infinitive: traer Present tense Yo traigo Tú traes ÿl trae…

Q:	Spanish words with Traer
A:	"subtraer"(subtract) "destraer"(distract) hay ma's pero no recuerdo ahora. There's more but I don't remember.

Q:	from Lomás TV newsletter: A Pedro lo mandé traer un litro de leche.
A:	Simple: it is a mistake called "loísmo". The correct sentence should have been "le". > At first glance traer un litro de leche appears to be a noun clause…

Q:	Traer vs. Llevar (again)
A:	> If you didn't bring let's say money with you...would you say > No llevo dinero conmigo. That's the use of to bring with but could you also say (if somebody…

Q:	traer de cabeza a alguien
A:	You could also say "Me volvió/volviste loca."