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vivo / living
vivo
A. -adjective
1. (=con vida)
1.1. [persona, animal] (tras sustantivo) living (tras verbo) alive
·los seres vivos
·living beings
·lo quemaron vivo
·he was burned alive
·se busca vivo o muerto
·wanted, dead or alive
·venden los cebos vivos
·they sell live bait
1.2. [piel] raw
·tenía la piel en carne viva
·his skin was raw
·me dio o hirió en [lo masculineánoun] vivo
·it cut me to the quick
a. a lo vivo
·le quitó la muela a lo vivo
·he just pulled the tooth clean out
·lo explica a lo vivo
·he explains it very expressively
·describir algo a lo vivo
·to describe something very realistically
2. (television, Radio)
·[en] vivo
(=en directo) live
(=en persona) in person
·una transmisiónoun en vivo desde el estadio
·a live broadcast from the stadium
·un espectáculo con masculineúsica en vivo
·a live music show, a show with live music
·¿has visto en vivo a algúnoun famoso?
·have you ever seen anyone famous in the flesh?
3. (=intenso) [descripciónoun] vivid, graphic [imaginaciónoun, mirada, ritmo] lively [movimiento, paso] quick, lively [color] bright [sensaciónoun] acute [genio] fiery [ingenio] ready [inteligencia] sharp, keen [filo] sharp
·su recuerdo siempre seguirá vivo entre nosotros
·her memory will always be with us, her memory will live on in our minds
a. ser la viva imagen o el vivo retrato de somebody, someone to be the spitting image of somebody
4. [persona]
(=listo) clever
(=astuto) sharp
(=animado) lively
·pasarse de vivo
to be too clever by half *
B. -noun masculine/feminine
1. *
(=aprovechado)
·es un vivo he'noun a clever one *, he'noun a sly one *
2. ·los vivos
·the living
C. -noun masculine
(sewing) edging, border
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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