vivir
Spanish, noun/biˈbiɾ/
vivir is spelled V-I-V-I-R (5 letters) and appears 182 times per million words in written Spanish, the 457th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vivir is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “life; lifestyle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Manera de subsistir”.
What does vivir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to live; to be alive
- 2
to make a living, to live on
Vive de migas, nada más.
- 3
to live in, reside, inhabit
Vive en la casa roja.
- 4
to experience, to live through
noun
- 1
masculinelife; lifestyle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tener vida. 2. Tener su residencia y desarrollar sus actividades en un lugar determinado. 3. Permanecer alguien haciendo o siendo algo durante largo tiempo. 4. Permanecer algo en el tiempo.
verb: 1. Estar en una situación dada durante un pasaje de la vida. 2. Sentir vivamente una experiencia.
noun: 1. Manera de subsistir.
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 vivir
- vivo first-person present singular
- viví first-person preterite singular
- vivido participle past
- viviendo gerund
- vivida feminine participle past
- vividos masculine participle past
- vividas feminine participle past
- vives indicative informal present
- vivís indicative informal present
- vive indicative present singular
- vivimos first-person indicative plural
- viven indicative plural present
- vivía first-person imperfect indicative
- vivías imperfect indicative second-person
- vivíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- vivíais imperfect indicative plural
- vivían imperfect indicative plural
- viviste indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vivir?
- /biˈbiɾ/
- [biˈβ̞iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vivir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vivir in Spanish?
vivir appears 182 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).