🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

viver

Pronunciation / Transliteration: viver

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Live/laɪv/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ela quer viver uma vida longa e saudável."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To remain alive; to have life.

    "She wants to live a long and healthy life."
  2. 2

    To experience life in a particular way.

    "He decided to live life to the fullest after his travels."

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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'libban' (to live), of Germanic origin and related to life. The historical development shifted from meaning 'to remain alive' to encompassing the broader state of existence and experiencing life.

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