¿qué llevas puesto?
In Spanish, the phrase for "what are you wearing?" is ¿qué llevas puesto?
A question used to ask about the clothes a person has on their body at the moment.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of qué (what), llevas (you carry/wear) and puesto (put/placed).
Which one should you use?
While ¿qué llevas puesto? is very common, you can also simply say ¿qué llevas? to mean the same thing. Additionally, you may use ¿Cómo vas vestido/a? to ask "How are you dressed?"
How does it change in a sentence?
To ask this question politely or to someone you do not know well, change the verb from llevas to lleva as in ¿qué lleva puesto? When asking a group of people, use llevan and change the adjective puesto to the plural puestos to say ¿qué llevan puestos?
Did you know?
- In Spanish, you can use the verb llevar to talk about wearing everything from a hat to a specific scent or a certain expression on your face.
- The word puesto is a linguistic cousin to the English word 'post', as both derive from Latin roots meaning to place or position.
- In some Spanish-speaking cultures, asking ¿cómo vas vestido? can be a subtle way to check if a venue has a dress code without mentioning the rules explicitly.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries puesto, qué, CC BY-SA 4.0.
