"La sesión lleva varias horas de trabajo."

Translation: The session takes several hours of work.

[BarbaraMorris]

I was surprised at this meaning of "llevar". It felt like an overly-literal translation.

But I see from this article http://spanish.about.com/od/usingparticularverbs/a/llevar.htm that "llevar [tiempo]" means "lasts".

Llevar is one busy word!

[AurosHarman]

English has the expression "carries on for" to describe something taking place over a span of time.

But yeah, there are a few verbs in Spanish that, at their most literal level, describe spatial relationships (llevar = carry, dejar = drop / let go, quedar = stay put) that are used in a LOT of metaphorical senses that aren't immediately intuitive to those of us who grew up with English.

[filipmc]

I note that it does not accept "lasted" here (because that is what I typed)

[constructionjoe]

You need to keep it in the present tense to be accepted.

[raymond61957]

It is a lot like "SE" haha

[learnTACO32]

Why is the word "Varias" used? In my mind "Varias" means several, different, or assorted. With that said, why isnt "muchas" used to mean "many/alot"? Thanks

[KatrinaMac4]

I agree. They do accept several as a correct response though

[raymond61957]

I would like to know the same thing...

[scottann]

Wondered if it would accept 'several hours', but I am getting a little protective of my hearts...

[rockemi1]

It accepted "several hours"

[scottann]

Thanks!

[elenigeo]

Several was accepted here

[DesertTerrapin]

Why trabajo and not trabajar?

[KatrinaMac4]

They're using work as a noun not a verb

[DesertTerrapin]

Thanks. Duo hint was using the '(I) trabajo' suggestion, which was throwing me off. Plus I was thinking 'hours to work' vs. 'hours of work'

[ajdemeo86]

Could someone please try to explain the difference between saying "varias horas" and "muchas horas", if there is one? Thanks!

[BarbaraMorris]

I thought that "varias" meant "several" or "various", and "muchas" meant "many", so I'm a bit confused that "varias" is translated as "many" here, although it does accept "several".

To me, "several" feels like fewer than "many"; I assume "varias" and "mucho" are the same.

[_LittleBatman_]

No. They aren't the same. "Varias" and "Muchas " don't have the same meaning. Soy nativo hablante de español.

In this context:
(Ninguna de estas palabras especifica cuánto tiempo; sólo da un aproximado de tiempo /hours/).

Muchas: you can use it if you're sure is going to take too much time.
EX: Tengo muchas horas, días y años para estar contigo.

Varias (several or various): You can use it when you aren't sure how much time is going to take.
EX: Su avión llegará dentro de varias horas.

I hope to helps. :D

[BarbaraMorris]

Gracias, Antonio.

[sherry575663]

What about using unas horas?

[TykaBooker]

Varias horas=several hours, unas horas=some hours

[kat328570]

I believe a more natural translation would be "the session involves many hours of work", but the little owl disagrees

[DaveHarris809825]

I agree, or perhaps "the session REQUIRES several hours of work".

[Moley0603]

12 July 2018 - I wrote: "The session ENTAILS many hours of work" and it was rejected. Entails/involves/requires should all be acceptable solutions; DUO please review this translation. Thank you.

[TykaBooker]

Where do you see any of those words in the sentence?

[MexlexSnyder]

Expecting rationality from an owl is asking a bit much