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survive

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sobrevivir

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survive
[səˈvaɪv]
verbo transitivo
1. sobrevivir a
verbo intransitivo
2. sobrevivir
  • my pay is barely enough to survive on -> mi sueldo apenas llega para sobrevivir

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survive [ser-vaiv]
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1. Sobrevivir, vivir después de muerto otro. (n)
2. Vivir o durar una cosa más que otra (remain). (n)

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survive [səˈvaɪv]
verb:intransitive
1 (remain alive, in existence) [+person, species] sobrevivir; [+painting, building, manuscript] conservarse; [+custom] pervivir
not one of the passengers survived no sobrevivió ninguno de los pasajeros
four of his brothers had died as babies: the fifth survived the escaped prisoners hid for 11 days, drinking river water to survive most of these imported birds do not survive in our cold climate
he survived on nuts for several weeks logró sobrevivir durante varias semanas comiendo nueces
we've been surviving on bagels
he survived to the age of 83 vivió hasta los 83 años
the birds are being caught in areas where they still survive there are three main types of reptile that survive today from the period of the dinosaurs
only two of his paintings survive solo se conservan dos de sus cuadros
this custom survives to this day in remote parts of Pakistan
2 (cope) sobrevivir
people struggling to survive without jobs gente luchando para sobrevivir sin trabajo; I'll survive! ¡de esta no me muero!; ¡sobreviviré!
"how are they going to manage on just a student grant?" - "oh, they'll survive!" "How's your finger?" Burr asked. "I'll survive," Pagan remarked
Jim survives on £65 a fortnight Jim se las arregla para vivir con 65 libras a la quincena
"on my first day here I thought "How will I survive?"
verb:transitive
1 (outlive) [+person] sobrevivir a
most women survive their spouses
she will probably survive me by many years probablemente me sobreviva por muchos años; probablemente viva muchos más años que yo
it's a terrible thing for a mother to survive all her children
he is survived by a wife and two sons deja una mujer y dos hijos
2 (not die in) [+accident, illness, war] sobrevivir a
only two people survived the accident his wife was shot but survived the attack a baby girl survived a 20ft fall from a second-floor window on to a concrete patio yesterday
he survived a heart attack sobrevivió a un ataque al corazón
the chances of a planet surviving a supernova always looked slim
he survived being struck by lightning sobrevivió tras haberle caído un rayo
he survived cancer and died of a stroke forty years later
3 (cope with) aguantar; sobrellevar
a man who had survived his share of boardroom coups can their marriage survive the latest scandal?
I couldn't survive the day without breakfast no podría aguantar or sobrellevar el día sin desayunar

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Verb Conjugation for "survive" (go to sobrevivir)

Imperative
  • survive
  • you survive
  • he/she survives
  • we survive
  • you survive
  • they survive
Preterite
  • I survived
  • you survived
  • he/she survived
  • we survived
  • you survived
  • they survived
Present Continuous
  • I am surviving
  • you are surviving
  • he/she is surviving
  • we are surviving
  • you are surviving
  • they are surviving
Present Perfect
  • I have survived
  • you have survived
  • he/she has survived
  • we have survived
  • you have survived
  • they have survived
Past Continuous
  • I was surviving
  • you were surviving
  • he/she was surviving
  • we were surviving
  • you were surviving
  • they were surviving
Past Perfect
  • I had survived
  • you had survived
  • he/she had survived
  • we had survived
  • you had survived
  • they had survived
Future
  • I will survive
  • you will survive
  • he/she will survive
  • we will survive
  • you will survive
  • they will survive
Future Perfect
  • I will have survived
  • you will have survived
  • he/she will have survived
  • we will have survived
  • you will have survived
  • they will have survived
Future Continuous
  • I will be surviving
  • you will be surviving
  • he/she will be surviving
  • we will be surviving
  • you will be surviving
  • they will be surviving
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been surviving
  • you have been surviving
  • he/she has been surviving
  • we have been surviving
  • you have been surviving
  • they have been surviving
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been surviving
  • you will have been surviving
  • he/she will have been surviving
  • we will have been surviving
  • you will have been surviving
  • they will have been surviving
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been surviving
  • you had been surviving
  • he/she had been surviving
  • we had been surviving
  • you had been surviving
  • they had been surviving
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