viva
Portuguese, noun/ˈvi.vɐ/
viva is spelled V-I-V-A (4 letters) and appears 65 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,494th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Viva is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “hooray (a shout to signify victory)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of vivo. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “exclamação de aplauso ou de felicitação”.
What does viva mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehooray (a shout to signify victory)
interjection
- 1
hooray!
- 2
long live...!
Viva o rei!
- 3
three cheers for ...!
- 4
hello!, hi!
- 5
bless you! (said to someone who has just sneezed, as a polite remark)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of vivo
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
- 3
third-person singular present indicative
- 4
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. exclamação de aplauso ou de felicitação
noun: 1. exclamação de aplauso ou de felicitação
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 viva
- vivas plural
- viva! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce viva?
- Brazil /ˈvi.vɐ/
- Portugal /ˈvi.vɐ/
- Portugal /ˈbi.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to viva
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is viva in Portuguese?
viva appears 65 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).