ao vivo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw ˈvi.vu/ [aʊ̯ ˈvi.vu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw ˈvi.vu/ [aʊ̯ ˈvi.vu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw ˈvi.vo/ [aʊ̯ ˈvi.vo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aw ˈvi.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aw ˈvi.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /aw ˈbi.bu/ [aw ˈβi.βu]

Adjective

ao vivo (invariable)

1. (broadcasting) live (seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens)

   Há música ao vivo.

   There is live music.

Adverb

ao vivo (not comparable)

1. live (as it happens)

   Synonym: em direto

   O programa de rádio é transmitido ao vivo.

   The radio program is broadcast live.

Further reading

• “ao vivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026