vivir
vivir
intransitive verb
1. to live (existir, residir, subsistir)
- vivió noventa años -> she lived for ninety years
- alcanzar o dar para vivir -> to be enough to live on (sujeto: sueldo, pensión)
- vivir de -> to live on o off
- vivir para algo/alguien -> to live for something/somebody
- vivir bien -> to be well-off; (económicamente) to be happy (en armonía)
- no dejar vivir a alguien -> not to give somebody any peace
- ¿quién vive? -> who goes there?
- vivir para ver -> who'd have thought it?
2. to be alive (estar vivo)
- todavía vive -> he's still alive
transitive verb
3. to live through (experimentar)
- he vivido momentos difíciles -> I've gone through o had some difficult times
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vivir [ve-veer']
verb neuter
1. To have life, to live; to enjoy life. (n)
2. To live, to continue, to last, to keep. (n)
3. To have the means of supporting life. (n)
4. To live; emphatically, to enjoy happiness. (n)
5. To live, to pass life in a certain manner. (n)
6. To be remembered, to enjoy fame. (n)
7. To be, to exist; to be present in memory. (n)
8. To live, to inhabit, to reside, to lodge. (n)
9. To temporize. (n)
10. To guard life. (n)
11. To have eternal life. (n)
- Alegría de vivir -> joy of living
- Como se vive se muere -> as we live so shall we die
- No me deja vivir, he doesn't leave me alone. ¿Quién vive -> (Mil.) who is there
- Vivir para ver -> live and learn (or strange enough)
- Ha vivido momentos de verdadera angustia -> she went through moments of real agony
- No dejar vivir a uno -> to give somebody no peace
- Vivir por encima de sus posibilidades -> to live beyond one's means
- Ganar lo justo para vivir, to earn a bare living. ¡Viva el rey -> long life to the king
- Y vivieron felices y comieron perdices -> and they lived happily ever after
, long live the king!
Verb conjugation
| Infinitive: | vivir | ||||
| gerundio: | viviendo | ||||
| participio pasado: | vivido | ||||
| Presente | Pretérito | Imperfect | Futuro | Subjuntivo | |
| Yo Tú Ella/Él/Usted Nosotros Vosotros Ellos/Ustedes | vivo vives vive vivimos vivís viven | viví viviste vivió vivimos vivisteis vivieron | vivía vivías vivía vivíamos vivíais vivían | viviré vivirás vivirá viviremos viviréis vivirán | viva vivas viva vivamos viváis vivan |
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