vivir

Inherited from Latin vīvere.

vivir

1. to live

From the Latin vīvere (“to live”).

vivir (first-person singular indicative present vivo, past participle vivíu)

1. to live

• vida
• vivienda
• vivu

• “vivir” in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). →ISBN.

vivir (first-person singular present viveixo, first-person singular preterite viví, past participle vivit)

1. (Alghero) alternative form of viure

• In Algherese, the infinitive vivir exists alongside the form viure with no practical differences between the two.

El Català de l'Alguer : un model d'àmbit restringit, Barcelona, 2003, →ISBN, page 48

• viver (reintegrationist)

From Old Galician-Portuguese viver (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin vīvere (“to live”).

• IPA^(key): /biˈbiɾ/ [biˈβ̞iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ

vivir (first-person singular present vivo, first-person singular preterite vivín, past participle vivido)

1. to live
   • 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 leixe vivir e 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 lets live and reign for much time

2. to dwell, reside

   Synonyms: habitar, morar, residir

• vivo

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

vivir

1. past infinitive of vivar

From Old Spanish bevir, bivir, vevir, viver,^[1] inherited from Latin vīvere. Compare Ladino bivir, Portuguese viver.

• IPA^(key): /biˈbiɾ/ [biˈβ̞iɾ]

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• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: vi‧vir

vivir (first-person singular present vivo, first-person singular preterite viví, past participle vivido)

1. (intransitive) to live; to be alive
2. (intransitive) to make a living, to live on

   Vive de migas, nada más.

   He lives on crumbs, nothing more.

3. (intransitive) to live in, reside, inhabit

   Synonyms: residir, habitar, morar

   Vive en la casa roja.

   She lives in the red house.

   La pobrecita vive con dos hermanas crueles.

   The poor girl lives with two cruel sisters.

4. (transitive) to experience, to live through

   Synonyms: experienciar, experimentar

   • 2014, Pablo Martín de Santa Olalla Saludes, El laberinto italiano, Editorial Liber Factory, →ISBN, page 9:

     Mientras nosotros tuvimos que vivir una dictadura de casi cuarenta años que nos dejó prácticamente aislados del resto de Europa, […]

     While we had to live through a dictatorship of almost forty years that left us practically isolated from the rest of Europe, […]

• Like many intransitive verbs in both Spanish and English, including English live, the verb vivir can take a cognate object; hence vivir la vida loca "to live the crazy life", which is roughly synonymous with vivir locamente "to live crazily".

vivir m (plural vivires)

1. life; lifestyle

• “vivir”, 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