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viver.

to live; to have life

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/viˈve(ʁ)/Brazil[viˈve(h)]Brazil/viˈve(ɾ)/São-Paulo/viˈve(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to live; to have life

    intransitive
  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?
Where this word comes from

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

noun/viˈve(ʁ)/Brazil[viˈve(h)]Brazil/viˈve(ɾ)/São-Paulo/viˈve(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. life

    masculine
  2. way of life, lifestyle

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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

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