life

vida

La condición de personas, animales y plantas que les permite crecer, funcionar y mantenerse vivos.

En inglés sencillo: The state that lets people, animals, and plants grow, function, and stay alive.

• Plants need water to support life.
• Scientists found no signs of life on the planet.
• The forest is full of animal life.

Antónimos: death

Expresiones frecuentes: signs of life, life on earth, plant life, human life

vida

El tiempo que vive una persona o un ser vivo, desde su nacimiento hasta su muerte.

En inglés sencillo: The time someone or something is alive, from birth until death.

• He lived a long life.
• She spent her whole life near the sea.
• Their lives changed when they moved abroad.

Sinónimos: lifetime, lifespan

Expresiones frecuentes: whole life, long life, someone’s life

vida, existencia

El hecho de existir o estar activo, también referido a cosas que no son seres vivos.

En inglés sencillo: The state of existing or being active, including for things that are not alive.

• The project gained new life.
• The festival brought the town back to life.
• The old machine came to life with a loud hum.

Cómo se usa: bring something back to life (The investment brought the factory back to life.); come to life (The empty square came to life after sunset.)

Sinónimos: existence, activity

Expresiones frecuentes: come to life, back to life, new life

vida, todo

Una persona o actividad que para alguien importa más que cualquier otra cosa.

En inglés sencillo: A person or activity that matters more to someone than anything else.

• Music is his life.
• Her children are her whole life.
• The farm had been his life for forty years.

Cómo se usa: someone/something + be + someone’s life (For her, music is her life.)

Sinónimos: everything

Expresiones frecuentes: someone’s whole life, someone’s life