vida

From Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbida/
• Syllabification: vi‧da
• Rhymes: -ida

vida f

1. life

• esperanza de vida
• qualidat de vida
• salvavidas

• vivr

• “vida” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “vida”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)
• Ortografía de l'aragonés

From Latin vīta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbida/ [ˈbi.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: vi‧da

vida f (plural vides)

1. life

• vivir
• vivu

• “vida” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.
• “vida” in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). →ISBN.

From Arabic وَدَاع (wadāʕ).

vida (definite accusative vidanı, plural vidalar)

1. farewell, valediction, leave-taking

   Synonym: sağollaşma

• vidalaşma
• vidalaşmaq

• əlvida

Inherited from Old Catalan vida, from Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbi.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈvi.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈvi.ða]

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• Rhymes: -idə, -ida

vida f (plural vides)

1. life

• esperança de vida
• qualitat de vida
• salvavides

• viu
• viure

• “vida” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “vida”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• àvid

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɪda]

vida

1. masculine singular present transgressive of vidět

• IPA^(key): /ˈvida/

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• Rhymes: -ida
• Hyphenation: vi‧da

vida (accusative singular vidan, plural vidaj, accusative plural vidajn)

1. visual

• vide (“visually”)
• vidi (“to see”)
• vido (“sight, vision”)

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vida

1. third-person singular past historic of vider

• diva

From Old Galician-Portuguese vida, from Latin vīta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbida/, [ˈbiðɐ], (shandi) [ˈβiðɐ]

vida f (plural vidas)

1. life
2. (archaic) sustenance, food

• vital
• vitalidade

• “vida”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

From Old Galician-Portuguese vĩida (“arrival, return”), from vĩir (“to come”) (Modern Galician vir).

• vinda

• IPA^(key): /ˈbida/, [ˈbiðɐ], (shandi) [ˈβiðɐ]

vida f (plural vidas)

1. return

   Unha viaxe de ida e vida ― A round trip (literally, “A trip with a going and a return”)

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “vida”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “vida”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vida”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vida”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vida”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Latin vīta. Cognate with Spanish vida.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvida/, [ˈviða]

vida f (plural vidas)

1. life

• bivez
• bivir
• bivo

vida

1. simple past and past participle of vide

• videt

• vide

From Old Norse víða.

• IPA^(key): /²ʋiːɑ/

vida

1. widely, far
   • 1895, Per Sivle, Vaar-Vôn:

     […] so vida ikring dei Fuglarne fêr […]

     […] so widely/far about those birds roam […]

• “vida” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• vido (Provence)

From Old Occitan vida, from Latin vita.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ðo̞/

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vida f (plural vidas)

1. life

• viu
• viure

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vida, from Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā.

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.da/
• Rhymes: -idɐ
• Hyphenation: vi‧da

vida f (plural vidas)

1. life
   1. (uncountable) state of being alive

      A vida é bela!

      Life is beautiful!

      • 1980, Chico Buarque, “Vida”, in Vida, PolyGram:

        Deixei a fatia mais doce da vida / Na mesa dos homens de vida vazia

        I left the sweetest slice of life / On the table of the men who lead empty lives

   2. lifetime (period during which someone is alive or something exists)

      Uma pessoa no ínicio de sua vida se chama criança.

      A person is called a child during the beginning of his life.

      Synonym: existência

   3. living conditions

      Fora um homem de boa vida.

      He had been a man with a good life.

   4. living being

      Perderam-se muitas vidas durante a guerra.

      Many lives were lost during the war.

   5. (figurative) something inherently part of a person's existence

      O futebol é a minha vida.

      Soccer is my life.

   6. (ecology) the flora and fauna of an ecosystem

      A vida desértica evoluiu para aguentar o calor.

      Desert creatures evolved to withstand heat.

   7. (video games) one of the player's chances to play
2. (figurative) vigour (active strength or force of body or mind)

   Synonyms: vigor, vitalidade

3. (figuratively, endearing) honey, sweetheart (term of endearing)

   Cheguei, vida.

   I'm home, honey.

   Synonyms: amor, bebê

For quotations using this term, see Citations:vida.

• (antonym(s) of “state of being alive”): morte

vida

1. inflection of vidar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from French vider.

a vida (third-person singular present videază, past participle vidat) 1st conjugation

1. to empty
2. to make a vacuum

From Latin vīta. Cf. Spanish vida.

vida f

1. (Campidanese) life

vida (Cyrillic spelling вида)

1. genitive singular of vid

Inherited from Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbida/ [ˈbi.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: vi‧da

vida f (plural vidas)

1. life

   ¡Me salvó la vida!

   He saved my life!

   Tal vez esto te sorprenderá, pero en realidad no me gusta escucharte hablando de tu vida espantosa.

   Maybe this will surprise you, but in reality I don't enjoy listening to you talk about your horrible life.

2. lifestyle
3. livelihood; living
4. liveliness
5. lifespan; lifetime
6. a term of endearment; darling, sweetheart

   Ven acá, mi vida.

   Come here, sweetheart.

7. (la vida) the game (prostitution)
8. (computing) life (in a computer game)

• Palenquero: bila
• Papiamentu: bida
• → Tagalog: bida

• “vida”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “vida”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

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vida (not comparable)

1. widely

   Han är vida känd för sin karateexpertis

   He is widely known for his karate expertise

vida

1. inflection of vid:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

From Ottoman Turkish ویده (vida), (via Greek) from Venetan vida.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvida/

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vida (definite accusative vidayı, plural vidalar)

1. screw

• tornavida
• vidalamak

From Latin vītis, vītem. Compare Italian vite, Istriot veîda.

vida f (plural vide)

1. vine