1 (exist) vivir the times we live in los tiempos en que vivimos; los tiempos que corremos; she has only six months to live solo le quedan seis meses de vida
he hasn't long to live he was still living when his daughter got married while his wife lived he could not have the money he's got a terrible disease and will not live long compared to people living only a few generations ago, we have greater opportunities to have a good time I'd rather die than live without you
to live from day to day vivir de día en día
since Richard died I live from day to day - I can't bear to think about the future I just live from day to day - I never know where my next meal is coming from
to live in fearfear vivir atemorizado she lives in fear of her life/that she may be found out vive temiendo por su vida/que la descubran
one in 10 Californians is unemployed and thousands more live in fear of losing their jobs they'd been living in terror since the Iraqis invaded Kuwait Once children could play safely, now parents live in fear
to live for sthfor I'm living for the day (when) I retire vivo esperando a que llegue el día en que me jubile; she lived for her work vivía por y para su trabajo; to live for today the momentor vivir al día
I don't care what happens in 10 years' time, I live for today We tended to talk about the next game of golf, living for the moment rather than the future
I've got nothing left to live for no tengo nada por lo que vivir
he just lived for football
to live and let live vivir y dejar vivir "live and let live" is the best recipe for minimising conflict live and let live, I say - I don't bother them, and they don't bother me
we should eat to live, not live to eat deberíamos comer para vivir, y no vivir para comer
you live and learn nunca te acostarás sin saber una cosa más
2 (survive) the doctor said she would live el médico dijo que sobreviviría; you'll live! (humorous) ¡de esta no te mueres!; (humorous)
her voice will live with me until I die a night that will live in the nation's history he will live in history as an entrepreneur who made co-operation with the Soviet Union possible nothing could live in such a hostile environment some kids couldn't live without a television to live [to] ...
he lived to a ripe old age/to be 103 llegó a viejo/a cumplir 103 años; she'll never live to see it no vivirá para verlo
my father died nigh on ten years ago, but he lived to see his first grandson
3 (conduct o.s.) vivir to live in luxury to live honestly we lived quite grandly he lived [by] certain ideals
she lives by her own rulesby vive según sus propias normas men who lived by the gun hombres cuya ley era la pistola
what are some important rules you live by?
to live modestly/wellmodestlywell vivir modestamente/bien on the whole she had lived modestly, with a notable lack of ostentation a pensioner living modestly in West Yorkshire to live [well] he can barely make ends meet and is angry at people he sees are living well she was used to living well
to live like a king a lordor vivir a cuerpo de rey holidaymakers will be able to live like a king for Pounds 10 a night when Hampton Court rents out rooms we're living out of a suitcase till the furniture arrives
4 (earn one's living) vivir to live [by] sth
to live by hunting vivir de la caza
the last indigenous people to live [by] hunting these crimes were committed largely by professional criminals who lived by crime they lived by picking through garbage
5 (reside) vivir where do you live? ¿dónde vives?; to live in a flat/in London vivir en un piso/en Londres; she lives in Station Road vive en Station Road; this is a nice place to live este es un buen sitio para vivir
this house isn't fit to live infit esta casa está en pésimas condiciones she has lived here for 10 years she always said I ought to live alone I couldn't live in the same house with her
6 (Britain) (informal) (go, belong) ir; guardarse where does the teapot live? ¿dónde va se guarda la tetera?;or
7 (enjoy life) let's live a little! (informal) ¡vivamos la vida un poquito!; (informal) she really knows how to live sabe disfrutar muy bien de la vida; if you've never been to an opera, you haven't lived (informal) si no has ido nunca a la ópera no sabes lo qué es vivir
