exist [ɪɡˈzɪst]
verb:intransitive
1 (live) vivir; (survive) subsistir
I just existed from one visit to the next de una visita a la otra me limitaba a sobrevivir
to exist on very little moneyon vivir subsistir con muy poco dinero;or
you can't exist on packet soup! no puedes vivir solo a base de sopa de sobre
2 (occur, be in existence) existir
it only exists in her imagination solo existe en su imaginación
there exists a possibility that the possibility exists that she is still aliveor existe la posibilidad de que siga con vida; I want to live, not just exist quiero vivir, no simplemente existir
to cease to existcease dejar de existir
to continue to existcontinue [+situation, conditions, doubt] persistir; [+institution, person] (after death) seguir existiendo
