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vivere

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin vīvere, from Proto-Italic *gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (to live, be alive).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvi.ve.re/[1]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ivere
  • Hyphenation: vì‧ve‧re

Verb

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vìvere (first-person singular present vìvo, first-person singular past historic vìssi, past participle vissùto, first-person singular future vivrò, auxiliary avére or (now less common,[2] traditional, only in some meanings) èssere)

  1. (intransitive) to live; to be alive [auxiliary avere or (traditional) essere]
  2. (intransitive) to subsist, to be [auxiliary avere or (traditional) essere]
  3. (intransitive) to live well, to experience a good life [auxiliary avere]
  4. (transitive) to live, to experience (a life of a specified type, a specified period of time, or cognate accusative)

Conjugation

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Including lesser-used forms:

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Noun

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vivere m (plural viveri)

  1. living, life
  2. lifestyle

References

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  1. ^ vivere in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Vivere: avere o essere? (La grammatica italiana) in Treccani.it – Enciclopedia Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Further reading

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  • vivere in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • vivere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

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Verb

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vīvere

  1. present active infinitive of vīvō
  2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative of vīvō

Tarantino

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Etymology

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From Latin vīvere.

Verb

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vivere

  1. to live

Conjugation

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