vivir
to live
The verb for being alive
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vivid
lifelike / intense
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-ir
verb suffix
Vivir means to live and turns the English word vivid0 into a verb. Something that is vivid0 feels so real it's as if you're living it yourself — it's full of life.
vivir
to live, to be alive
To be alive — the most fundamental sense of the word.
- Los dinosaurios vivieron hace millones de años = Dinosaurs lived millions of years ago
to live
To live somewhere, as in to reside or dwell in a place.
- Vivo en un apartamento cerca del centro = I live in an apartment near the city center
to live through
To live through or experience something — like living a vivid moment firsthand.
- Vivimos momentos muy difíciles durante la tormenta = We lived through very difficult moments during the storm
vivir de
to live off, to live on, to survive on
To live off of something — "de" marks the source you draw your life from.
- Vive de su arte = She lives off her art
- La gente de este pueblo vive de la pesca = The people of this town survive on fishing