live

vivir, residir

Tener tu hogar en un lugar determinado.

En inglés sencillo: To have your home in a particular place.

• I live in Ankara.
• We lived near the station last year.
• Who do you live with?

Cómo se usa: live in + place (She lives in a small village.); live at + address (He lives at 12 River Road.); live with someone (I live with my sister.)

Sinónimos: reside, dwell

Expresiones frecuentes: live in London, live with someone, live at home

vivir

Estar vivo o seguir con vida durante un tiempo.

En inglés sencillo: To be alive, or remain alive for a period of time.

• Some trees live for centuries.
• My uncle lived to be ninety.
• Can this fish live without water?

Cómo se usa: live to be + age (My grandmother lived to be ninety-five.); live for + period of time (These insects live for only a few days.)

Sinónimos: survive

Antónimos: die

Expresiones frecuentes: live longer, live to ninety, live for years

sobrellevar, arreglárselas

Aceptar una situación difícil y seguir con la vida cotidiana a pesar de ella.

En inglés sencillo: To accept a difficult situation and continue your normal life despite it.

• I can live with that decision.
• We learned to live with the pain.
• Could you live without your phone for a week?

Cómo se usa: live with something (We have learned to live with the noise.); live without someone/something (She cannot live without her daily walk.)

Sinónimos: cope, manage

Expresiones frecuentes: live with something, live without something

perdurar, pervivir

Seguir siendo recordado o teniendo influencia después de que alguien o algo haya desaparecido.

En inglés sencillo: To remain remembered or continue to have an effect after someone or something is gone.

• Her memory lives on.
• His spirit lives in the songs he wrote.
• The old tradition still lives through these annual celebrations.

Cómo se usa: live on (Her ideas live on in her students.); live in something (His memory lives in our hearts.); live through something (The tradition lives through their music.)

Sinónimos: endure, persist, survive

Antónimos: fade

Expresiones frecuentes: live on, live in memory, live through something

estar, guardarse

Estar guardado normalmente en un lugar determinado, hablando de un objeto.

En inglés sencillo: To normally be kept in a particular place.

• The keys live in this drawer.
• Where does the bottle opener live?
• Those tools used to live in the garage.

Cómo se usa: live in + storage place (The scissors live in this drawer.); live on + surface (The large plates live on the top shelf.)

Sinónimos: belong, be kept

Expresiones frecuentes: live in something, live on something

en directo, en vivo

Transmitido por televisión, radio o Internet al mismo tiempo que ocurre el acontecimiento.

En inglés sencillo: Shown or heard on television, radio, or online at the same time as the event happens.

• We watched a live broadcast.
• The channel provided live coverage of the election.
• Was that interview live or recorded?

Sinónimos: real-time

Antónimos: recorded

Expresiones frecuentes: live broadcast, live coverage, live news

vivo

Que está con vida, especialmente un animal o una planta.

En inglés sencillo: Alive rather than dead, especially when describing animals or plants.

• The box contains live insects.
• They sell live fish at the market.
• He used a live worm as bait.

Sinónimos: living, alive

Antónimos: dead

Expresiones frecuentes: live animals, live fish, live bait

con corriente, bajo tensión

Que lleva electricidad y puede dar una descarga al tocarlo.

En inglés sencillo: Carrying electricity, which may give someone a shock if touched.

• Do not touch the live wire.
• The damaged cable was still live.
• An electrician checked which circuits were live.

Sinónimos: energized

Antónimos: dead

Expresiones frecuentes: live wire, live cable, live circuit