- live on
- 1) (to keep oneself alive by eating: He lives on fish and potatoes.) sobrevivir2) (to be supported (financially) by: He lives on $40 a week.) vivir con1) v + adv (continue in existence) \<\<memory\>\> seguir* presente; \<\<tradition\>\> seguir* existiendo2) v + prep + oa) (feed on) alimentarse de
we lived on pizza for a week — no comimos más que pizzas toda la semana
b) (support oneself with)she lives on $75 a week — vive or se las arregla con 75 dólares a la semana
the pension is barely enough to live on — la pensión apenas alcanza para vivir
1. VI + PREP1) (=subsist on)what does he live on? — ¿de qué vive?
he lives on £50 a week — vive con 50 libras por semana
we have just enough to live on — tenemos lo justo para vivir
- live on borrowed time2) (=feed on) alimentarse deshe lives on cheese — vive solo a base de queso
she absolutely lives on chocolate — no come otra cosa más que chocolate
2.VI + ADV (=go on living) [person, memory, tradition] seguir vivohis memory lives on within us — su recuerdo sigue vivo en nosotros
Lenin lives on in the minds and hearts of many people — Lenin sigue vivo en las mentes y corazones de muchas personas
* * *1) v + adv (continue in existence) \<\<memory\>\> seguir* presente; \<\<tradition\>\> seguir* existiendo2) v + prep + oa) (feed on) alimentarse dewe lived on pizza for a week — no comimos más que pizzas toda la semana
b) (support oneself with)she lives on $75 a week — vive or se las arregla con 75 dólares a la semana
the pension is barely enough to live on — la pensión apenas alcanza para vivir
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.
