vivir

/biˈbiɾ/ · A1 · verb

to live

🏠 vivir shares its root with vivid, revive, survive: Latin vivere, to live

From Latin vivere, the same root behind English vivid (full of life), revive (live again) and survive (outlive). Swap the English -ive ending for Spanish -ir and you have vivir. The noun vida (life) is its sibling.

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