Llevo escrito el primer párrafo del resumen, pero todavía no he elegido el título.

I have written the first paragraph of the summary so far, but I still haven’t chosen the title.

Breakdown of Llevo escrito el primer párrafo del resumen, pero todavía no he elegido el título.

• yo: I
• pero: but
• del: of the
• todavía: still

Questions & Answers about Llevo escrito el primer párrafo del resumen, pero todavía no he elegido el título.

What does llevo escrito mean exactly in this sentence?

This is a very common learner question because llevar normally means to carry or to wear, but here it is part of a different structure:

llevar + past participle

In this pattern, it means something like:

• to have done so far
• to already have completed a certain amount
• to be this far along with something

So llevo escrito el primer párrafo focuses on progress: the speaker has reached the point where the first paragraph is done.

It is less about the single act of writing, and more about how much of the task has been completed up to now.

Why is llevar used here instead of haber?

Because llevar + participle and haber + participle do different jobs.

• he escrito el primer párrafo = simply states that I have written it
• llevo escrito el primer párrafo = emphasizes that this is the amount completed so far

So llevar adds the idea of progress within a larger task.

In this sentence, that makes sense because the speaker is talking about two stages of writing the summary:

• the first paragraph is already done
• the title has not been chosen yet

Could I also say He escrito el primer párrafo del resumen?