- survive
- verb1) (to remain alive in spite of (a disaster etc): Few birds managed to survive the bad winter; He didn't survive long after the accident.) sobrevivir2) (to live longer than: He died in 1940 but his wife survived him by another twenty years; He is survived by his wife and two sons.) sobrevivir (a)•- survival- surviving
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survive vb sobrevivirEl gerundio de survive se escribe survivingsurvivetr[sə'vaɪv]intransitive verb1 (gen) sobrevivir; (custom, tradition) sobrevivir, perdurar; (book, painting) conservarse■ he survived on bread and water sobrevivió a base de pan y agua■ the amount I earn is hardly enough to survive on lo que gano apenas me alcanza para sobrevivir2 familiar (cope, get by) ir tirando, arreglárselas■ don't worry, we'll survive no te preocupes, nos las arreglaremostransitive verb1 (disaster) sobrevivir a■ few people survived the earthquake pocas personas sobrevivieron al terremoto■ somehow he survived the accident de alguna manera salió con vida del accidente2 (person) sobrevivir asurvive [sər'vaɪv] v, -vived ; -viving vi: sobrevivirsurvive vtoutlive: sobrevivir asurvivev.• sobrevivir v.sər'vaɪv, sə'vaɪv
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intransitive verba) (continue in existence) \<\<person/animal/plant\>\> sobrevivir; \<\<customadition/belief\>\> sobrevivir, perdurar; \<\<book/relic\>\> conservarseof the original expedition few survived — de los integrantes de la expedición inicial quedaban pocos vivos
her last surviving descendant — su último descendiente vivo
one of the few surviving examples — uno de los pocos ejemplos que quedan
b) (cope, get by) (colloq)how are you doing? - oh, surviving! — ¿qué tal andas? - ya lo ves, tirando (fam)
is it serious? - you'll survive — ¿es grave? - mira, de ésta no te mueres
to survive ON something: he survives on black coffee and fruit vive or se alimenta a base de café y fruta; I can just survive on $100 a week — con 100 dólares semanales apenas me alcanza para vivir
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vt1) \<\<accident/crash\>\> salir* con vida de; \<\<war/earthquake\>\> sobrevivir a; \<\<experience\>\> superar2) (outlive) \<\<person\>\> sobrevivir[sǝ'vaɪv]he is survived by his wife and two children — lo sobreviven su esposa y dos hijos
1. VI1) (=remain alive, in existence) [person, species] sobrevivir; [painting, building, manuscript] conservarse; [custom] pervivirnot one of the passengers survived — no sobrevivió ninguno de los pasajeros
he survived on nuts for several weeks — logró sobrevivir durante varias semanas comiendo nueces
he survived to the age of 83 — vivió hasta los 83 años
only two of his paintings survive — solo se conservan dos de sus cuadros
2) (=cope) sobrevivirpeople struggling to survive without jobs — gente luchando para sobrevivir sin trabajo
I'll survive! — ¡de esta no me muero!, ¡sobreviviré!
Jim survives on £65 a fortnight — Jim se las arregla para vivir con 65 libras a la quincena
2. VT1) (=outlive) [+ person] sobrevivir ashe will probably survive me by many years — probablemente me sobreviva por muchos años, probablemente viva muchos más años que yo
he is survived by a wife and two sons — deja una mujer y dos hijos
2) (=not die in) [+ accident, illness, war] sobrevivir ahe survived a heart attack — sobrevivió a un ataque al corazón
he survived being struck by lightning — sobrevivió tras haberle caído un rayo
3) (=cope with) aguantar, sobrellevarI couldn't survive the day without breakfast — no podría aguantar or sobrellevar el día sin desayunar
* * *[sər'vaɪv, sə'vaɪv]
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intransitive verba) (continue in existence) \<\<person/animal/plant\>\> sobrevivir; \<\<custom/tradition/belief\>\> sobrevivir, perdurar; \<\<book/relic\>\> conservarseof the original expedition few survived — de los integrantes de la expedición inicial quedaban pocos vivos
her last surviving descendant — su último descendiente vivo
one of the few surviving examples — uno de los pocos ejemplos que quedan
b) (cope, get by) (colloq)how are you doing? - oh, surviving! — ¿qué tal andas? - ya lo ves, tirando (fam)
is it serious? - you'll survive — ¿es grave? - mira, de ésta no te mueres
to survive ON something: he survives on black coffee and fruit vive or se alimenta a base de café y fruta; I can just survive on $100 a week — con 100 dólares semanales apenas me alcanza para vivir
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vt1) \<\<accident/crash\>\> salir* con vida de; \<\<war/earthquake\>\> sobrevivir a; \<\<experience\>\> superar2) (outlive) \<\<person\>\> sobrevivirhe is survived by his wife and two children — lo sobreviven su esposa y dos hijos
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.
