vivir

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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InheritedfromLatinvīvere.

Verb

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vivir

  1. tolive

Asturian

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Etymology

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From theLatinvīvere(to live),present active infinitive ofvīvō.

Verb

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vivir

  1. tolive
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Catalan

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Verb

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vivir(first-person singular presentviveixo,first-person singular preteriteviví,past participlevivit)

  1. (Alghero)Alternative form ofviure

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  • In Algherese, the infinitivevivirexists alongside the formviurewith no practical differences between the two.

References

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El Català de l'Alguer: un model d'àmbit restringit,Barcelona,2003,→ISBN,page48

Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromOld Galician-Portugueseviver(13th century,Cantigas de Santa Maria), fromLatinvīvere(to live),present active infinitive ofvīvō.

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Verb

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vivir(first-person singular presentvivo,first-person singular preteritevivín,past participlevivido)

  1. tolive
    • 1418,Á. Rodríguez González (ed.),Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422).Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 145:
      E logo o dito Conçello e alcalles e regidores e homes bõos, jurados sobre ditos diseron que obedesçian e obedesçieron aa dita carta real do dito señor rey con a mayor reverençia que podian e devian e con moy grande omildade como a carta e mandado de seu rey e de seu señor natural a o qual Deus mantena e leixevivire reynar por moytos tienpos
      And then said Council and mayors and councilors and good men, said jurors, said that they obey and obeyed this royal order of said Lord King with the largest reverence they could and ought, and with very large humility, as charter and order of their king and natural lord, God maintains and letsliveand reign for much time
  2. todwell,reside
    Synonyms:habitar,morar,residir

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Verb

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vivir

  1. past infinitive ofvivar

Spanish

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Etymology

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FromOld Spanishbevir,bivir,vevir,viver,[1]inherited fromLatinvīvere.CompareLadinobivir,Portugueseviver.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/biˈbiɾ/[biˈβ̞iɾ]
  • Audio(Spain):(file)
  • Audio(Peru):(file)
  • Rhymes:-iɾ
  • Syllabification:vi‧vir

Verb

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vivir(first-person singular presentvivo,first-person singular preteriteviví,past participlevivido)

  1. (intransitive)tolive;to bealive
  2. (intransitive)tomake a living,tolive on
    Vivede migas, nada más.
    Helives oncrumbs, nothing more.
  3. (intransitive)tolive in,reside,inhabit
    Synonyms:residir,habitar,morar
    Viveen la casa roja.
    Shelives inthe red house.
    La pobrecitavivecon dos hermanas crueles.
    The poor girlliveswith two cruel sisters.
  4. (transitive)toexperience,tolive through
    Synonyms:experienciar,experimentar
    • 2014,Pablo Martín de Santa Olalla Saludes,El laberinto italiano,Editorial Liber Factory,→ISBN,page 9:
      Mientras nosotros tuvimos queviviruna dictadura de casi cuarenta años que nos dejó prácticamente aislados del resto de Europa,[]
      While we had tolive throughadictatorshipof almost forty years that left us practically isolated from the rest of Europe,[]

Usage notes

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  • Like many intransitive verbs in both Spanish and English, including Englishlive,the verbvivircan take acognate object;hencevivir la vida loca"to live the crazy life", which is roughly synonymous withvivir locamente"to live crazily".

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Noun

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vivirm(pluralvivires)

  1. life;lifestyle

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References

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  1. ^Joan Coromines,José A[ntonio] Pascual(1983–1991) “vivir”, inDiccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico[Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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