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vida sustantivo femenino 1a) (Biol) life;una cuestión de vida o muerte a matter of life and death; quitarse la vida to take one's (own) life (frml); salir con vida to escape alive le falta vida it's/she's/he's not very lively 2 ( extensión de tiempo, existencia) life; toda una vida a lifetime; la vida de un coche the life-span of a car; un amigo de toda la vida a lifelong friend; amargarle la vida a algn to make sb's life a misery; complicarse la vida to make life difficult for oneself; de por vida for life; hacerle la vida imposible a algn to make sb's life impossible 3 (manera de vivir, actividades) life; ¿qué es de tu vida? what have you been up to?; hace or vive su vida he lives his own life; ¡esto sí que es vida! this is the life!; ¡(así) es la vida! that's life, such is life; vida privada private life; su vida sentimental his love life; una mujer de vida alegre a woman of easy virtue; ¡qué vida de perros! it's a dog's life; hacer vida social to socialize; estar encantado de la vida to be thrilled, to be over the moon (colloq) 4 ( necesidades materiales): ganarse la vida to earn one's o a living; tiene la vida resuelta he's set up for life 5 ( como apelativo) darling;◊ ¡mi vida! (my) darling!
vida sustantivo femenino
1 (existencia) life: no hay vida en Marte, there is no life on Mars
estar con vida, to be alive
quitarse la vida, to take one's own life
2 (periodo vital) life: toda la vida ha sido socialista, he's been a socialist all his life
de corta vida, short-lived
toda una vida, a lifetime
3 (modo de vida) ¿cómo te va la vida?, how's life?
la literatura es su vida, he lives for literature o literature is his life
lleva una vida muy desordenada, she lives o leads a very chaotic life Locuciones: familiar ¡esto es vida!, this is the life (situación muy agradable, placentera) ¡esto es vida!, todo el día tumbado sin tener que trabajar, this is the life! lazing around all day without having to work fam (resolver un asunto, problema) buscarse la vida: no tengo dinero, - me da igual, ¡búscate la vida!, I haven't got any money, - I couldn't care less, go and sort your own problems out figurado Lit Cine Teat (representar un personaje) dar vida: en esa película el actor da vida a Napoleón, in that film the actor plays the part of Napoleon
dar la vida, to sacrifice o give one's life
ganarse la vida, to earn one's living fig fam (morir) pasar a mejor vida, to pass away (independencia) tener/vivir su (propia) vida alguien: ya no está con sus padres, tiene su propia vida, he isn't with his parents anymore, he's living his own life
a vida o muerte, (situación de alto riesgo) le tuvieron que operar a vida o muerte, it was a life or death operation
de mi/tu/su... vida: el amor de mi vida, the love of my life
de por vida, for life
de toda la vida, lifelong
en la vida, never in one's life Rel la otra vida, the next life familiar vida de perros, dog's life fam (hechos y anécdotas de un personaje o persona) vida y milagros de alguien, the full details about sb ' vida' also found in these entries: Spanish: agitada - agitado - amargarse - andar - atentar - comentar - complicarse - constante - contemplativa - contemplativo - convivencia - conyugal - cosa - crepúsculo - cruzarse - delante - descansada - descansado - desengañarse - desgraciada - desgraciado - encarrilar - episodio - ser - ermitaña - ermitaño - esperanza - flor - ir - ganarse - hipótesis - ilusión - indigna - indigno - inerte - intrepidez - jamás - juego - jugar - martirio - muerta - muerto - mujer - normalización - oportunidad - padecer - padre - pajolera - pajolero - pantalla English: abundance - account - active - afterlife - alive - amenities - assurance - attempt - bang up - battle - bread - breeding ground - bright - busy - carp - chapter - clean - conception - cost - cost of living - crossroads - dead - dear - dedicate - destroy - dodge - dog - domestic - earn - easy - eccentric - emigrate - existence - fascination - flat - give up - gracious - greed - greediness - hell - herself - high life - himself - hurdle - impossible - index-linked - insurance - lead - life - life expectancy
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