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To be alive; to exist as a conscious being.
Gli animali vivono per mangiare, ma noi mangiamo per vivere.
Animals live to eat, but we eat to live.
Used for both biological existence and general lifestyle.
To experience life in a particular way; to lead a life.
Lei vive felicemente con la sua famiglia.
She lives happily with her family.
Often used with adverbs describing lifestyle or emotional state.
To spend one's life in a specific place or manner.
Ha vissuto a Roma per trent'anni.
He lived in Rome for thirty years.
Common in past tense for describing residence or experience.
Remember that 'vivere' is irregular in the present tense. Practice the conjugation: vivo, vivi, vive, viviamo, vivete, vivono.
'Vivere' can mean both biological existence ('to be alive') and lifestyle ('to live a certain way'). Context determines the meaning.
From Latin 'vivere', from Proto-Italic '*gʷi-', from Proto-Indo-European '*gʷeyh₃-'. Related to 'vita' (life) and 'vivo' (alive).
The verb 'vivere' is irregular in the present tense: io vivo, tu vivi, lui/lei vive, noi viviamo, voi vivete, loro vivono. The past participle is 'vissuto'.