vivir

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) to live; to be alive
2. (intransitive) to make a living, to live on
3. (intransitive) to live in, reside, inhabit
4. (transitive) to experience, to live through

Noun

life; lifestyle

Concepts

live

dwell

reside

exist

experience

living

life

lodge

alive

be located

be sitting

inhabit

occupy

populate

sit

🪑

sit down

stay

off

survive

remain

be

room

take up

way of life

lodge in

live on

live through

keep

be alive

subsist

Synonyms

habitar

residir

existir

morar

estar

permanecer

subsistir

hallarse

ocupar

parir

vida

vivo

tomar asiento

quedar

tener vida

quedarse

experimentar

sentarse

estar sentado

haber

guardar ganado

andar

🚶

caminar

🚶

descansar

durar

ser

sufrir

estar vivo

leva

llevarse

poblar

radicar

sientate

sobrevivir

haver

tener domicilio

habitar uno

alojar

🏠

Hyphenated as

vi‧vir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/biˈbiɾ/

Etymology

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

Sentences

Él solo tiene que vivir el tiempo suficiente para poder averiguar como usarlo .

He just has to live long enough to figure out how to use it.

Sebastián es un niño que va a vivir al pueblo de sus tíos .

Sebastian is a boy who goes to live in his uncle's village.

Como lo explica McCarthy, " todo ser humano necesita a otro ser humano para vivir .

As McCarthy puts it, "every human being needs other human beings in order to live.