malvivir
Spanish, verb/malbiˈbiɾ/
malvivir is spelled M-A-L-V-I-V-I-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish, the 157,080th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malvivir is a Spanish verb meaning “to live badly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Vivir o llevar una mala vida”.
What does malvivir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to live badly
- 2
to scrape by
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Vivir o llevar una mala vida.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of malvivir
- malvivo first-person present singular
- malviví first-person preterite singular
- malvivido participle past
- malviviendo gerund
- malvivida feminine participle past
- malvividos masculine participle past
- malvividas feminine participle past
- malvives indicative informal present
- malvivís indicative informal present
- malvive indicative present singular
- malvivimos first-person indicative plural
- malviven indicative plural present
- malvivía first-person imperfect indicative
- malvivías imperfect indicative second-person
- malvivíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- malvivíais imperfect indicative plural
- malvivían imperfect indicative plural
- malviviste indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malvivir?
- /malbiˈbiɾ/
- [mal.β̞iˈβ̞iɾ]
- [malβ̞iˈβ̞iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is malvivir in Spanish?
malvivir appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).