vida
Portuguese, noun/ˈvi.dɐ/
vida is spelled V-I-D-A (4 letters) and appears 1,047 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 86th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vida is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “state of being alive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of vidar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “propriedade que caracteriza os organismos cuja existência evolui do nascimento até a morte”.
What does vida mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestate of being alive
A vida é bela!
- 2
femininelifetime (period during which someone is alive or something exists)
Uma pessoa no ínicio de sua vida se chama criança.
- 3
feminineliving conditions
Fora um homem de boa vida.
- 4
feminineliving being
Perderam-se muitas vidas durante a guerra.
- 5
femininesomething inherently part of a person's existence
O futebol é a minha vida.
- 6
femininethe flora and fauna of an ecosystem
A vida desértica evoluiu para aguentar o calor.
- 7
feminineone of the player's chances to play
- 8
femininevigour (active strength or force of body or mind)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. propriedade que caracteriza os organismos cuja existência evolui do nascimento até a morte 2. tempo desde o nascimento até a morte 3. ânimo, vivacidade 4. grande período de tempo
verb: 1. terceira pessoa singular do presente do indicativo do verbo vidar 2. segunda pessoa do imperativo do verbo vidar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vida
- vidas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vida?
- Brazil /ˈvi.dɐ/
- Portugal /ˈvi.dɐ/
- Portugal [ˈvi.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vida
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vida in Portuguese?
vida appears 1,047 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).