viver

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vīvārium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [biˈβe]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [viˈve]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [viˈveɾ]
  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)

Noun

viver m (plural vivers)

  1. fish farm
  2. nursery (place where young shrubs, trees, vines, etc., are cultivated)
    Synonym: planter

Further reading

Galician

Verb

viver (first-person singular present vivo, first-person singular preterite vivín, past participle vivido)
viver (first-person singular present vivo, first-person singular preterite vivim or vivi, past participle vivido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. alternative form of vivir
    • 2022, Carlos Amoedo, “A natureza política do bloqueo constitucional”, in Praza[1]:
      a única certeza é que, do punto de vista xurídico-constitucional, vivemos unha situación inédita.
      the only certainty is that, from a juridical and constitutional point of view, we are living an unprecedented situation.

Conjugation

References

  • viver”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin vīvere.

Verb

viver

  1. to live

Conjugation

  • Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese viver, from Latin vīvere, from Proto-Italic *gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (to live, be alive).

Pronunciation

 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /viˈveɾ/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /biˈbeɾ/ [biˈβeɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /viˈve.ɾi/

Verb

viver (first-person singular present vivo, first-person singular preterite vivi, past participle vivido)

  1. (intransitive) to live; to have life
  2. to live, reside (have permanent residence)
  3. to keep, continue for a long period of time
    Por que é que você vive fazendo tanta besteira?
    Why is it that you keep doing such stupid things?
    • 2011, “Amiga da Minha Mulher”, in Músicas para Churrasco, Vol. 1, performed by Seu Jorge:
      Ela é amiga da minha mulher
      Pois é, pois é
      Mas vive dando em cima de mim
      Enfim, enfim
      Ainda por cima é uma tremenda gata
      Pra piorar minha situação
      Se fosse mulher feia, tava tudo certo
      Mulher bonita mexe com meu coração
      She's my wife's friend
      So it is, so it is
      But she keeps hitting on me
      Whatever, whatever
      To top it off she's a total babe
      To worsen my situation
      If she were an ugly woman, everything would be fine
      A pretty woman'll play with my heart

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:viver.

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: vèvè
  • Papiamentu: biba

Noun

viver m (plural viveres)

  1. life
  2. way of life, lifestyle

Further reading