vivir
A. -intransitive verb
1. (=estar vivo) to live
·los elefantes viven muchos años
·elephants live long lives, elephants live for many years
·mientras yo viva
·as long as I live
a. [todavía] vive = he'noun still alive
2. (=pasar la vida) to live
·nounólo vive para la masculineúsica
·music is her whole life, she only lives for music
·siempre he vivido honradamente
·I have always lived an honest life
·ahora ya puedes vivir tranquila
·now you can relax
·desde que me subieron el sueldo no vivo tan mal
·since I had a pay rise I haven't been that badly off
·vivieron felices y comieron perdices
·they lived happily ever after
a. vivir [bien] = to live well
·en este paínoun se vive bien
·people live well in this country, people have a good life in this country
b. vivir del cuento to live on o by one'noun wits
c. vivir para ver you live and learn
3. (=disfrutar de la vida)
·no vivo de la intranquilidad que tengo
·I'masculine worried to death
·no podía vivir de la vergüenza
·the shame of it was killing him
a. no [dejar] vivir a somebody, someone
·su marido no la deja vivir   her husband is always on at her *, her husband doesn't give her a moment'noun peace
·los dolores no me dejan vivir
·the pain never lets up
·los celos no la dejan vivir
·she is eaten up with jealousy
b. [saber] vivir = to know how to live
·tú nouní que sabes vivir
·you really know how to live
4. (=habitar) to live
·en esa casa no vive nadie
·nobody lives in that house
·estuve viviendo un año en Londres
·I lived in London for a year
·¿vives sola?
·do you live on your own?
a. viven [juntos] (como pareja) they live together (compartiendo casa) they live together, they share a house (together)
5. (=subsistir)
·con lo que gano no me llega para vivir
·what I earn is not enough to live on
·la fotografía no me da para vivir
·I can't make o earn a living from photography, photography doesn't give me enough to live on
·viven por encima de sus posibilidades
·they live beyond their means
a. vivir [de] algo = to live on something
·vive de la caridad
·he lives on charity
·yo vivo de mi trabajo
·I work for a living
·vive de ilusiones
·he lives in a dream world
b. vivir al [día] = to live from day to day
c. vivir de la [pluma] = to live by one'noun pen
d. vivir de las [rentas] (literally) to have a private income
·publicó un libro hace años y desde entonces vive de las rentas
·years ago he published a book and he'noun lived off it o lived on the strength of it ever since
6. (=durar)
[recuerdo] to live, live on
[prenda, objeto] to last
·su recuerdo siempre vivirá en nuestra memoria
·his memory will always be with us, his memory will live on in our minds
·esa chaqueta ya no vivirá mucho tiempo
·that jacket won't last much longer
7. (military)
·¿quiénoun vive?
·who goes there?
·pedir el quiénoun vive a somebody, someone
·to challenge somebody
8. (como exclamaciónoun)
·¡viva!
·hurray!
·¡viva el rey!
·long live the king!
·¡vivan los novios!
·(here'noun) to the bride and groom!
B. -transitive verb
1. (=experimentar)
[+guerra, periodo difícil] to live through, go through
·nosotros no vivimos la época del comunismo
·we didn't live through the communist era
·la época que nos ha tocado vivir
·the age in which we happen to live
·ha vivido momentos de verdadera angustia
·she went through moments of real agony
·tú dedícate a vivir la vida
·go ahead and live life to the full o get the most out of life
2. (=sentir) to experience
·yo vivo la masculineúsica de una forma distinta
·I experience music in a different way
·parece que estoy viviendo ese momento otra vez
·it'noun as if I were o was experiencing that moment all over again
C. -noun masculine
(=forma de vida) (way of) life
·el buen vivir
·the good life
a. de [mal] vivir
·una mujer de mal vivir
·a loose woman
·gente de mal vivir
·undesirable people