See also: ViVa and vivá

English edit

Pronunciation edit

Interjection

  • enPR: vē'və, IPA(key): /ˈviː.və/
    • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iːvə

Noun

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Spanish viva and Italian viva.

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viva!

  1. Long live ... ! (used to express acclaim or support).
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Verb edit

viva (third-person singular simple present vivas, present participle vivaing, simple past and past participle vivaed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, dated) To cheer, applaud
    • 1841, Joseph Bullar, Henry Bullar, A winter in the Azores, and a summer at the baths of the Furnas:
      ...the people clapped and vivaed, groaned and hooted, as they were pleased or disappointed, until at length the intense excitement began to subside...
    • 1859, The Atlantic Monthly:
      The next evening Paine went to the theatre. The state-box had been prepared for him. The house rose and vivaed as he entered.
    • 1857, George Payne R James, Leonora d'Orco:
      ...did you not hear how the beasts last night were cheering and vivaing those French heretics?

Noun edit

viva (plural vivas)

  1. A shout of applause.
    • 1855, Mayne Reid, The White Chief: A Legend of Northern Mexico, page 89:
      When the cibolero returned to the plain, he was received with a fresh burst of vivas, and kerchiefs were waved to greet him.

Etymology 2 edit

Shortened from viva voce, Latin for “live voice”

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viva (plural vivas)

  1. An oral examination, typically for an academic qualification.

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viva (third-person singular simple present vivas, present participle vivaing, simple past and past participle vivaed)

  1. (transitive) To subject to an examination of this kind.
    • 1931, Henry Sanderson Furniss Sanderson, Memories of sixty years:
      I was vivaed by Charles Cannan, who was then a Fellow of Trinity...
    • 1972, The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History:
      Throughout his life, he took college responsibilities seriously, he came to All Souls whenever possible on weekends, he vivaed or interviewed candidates...
    • 2009, Gianni Paganini, Jose Raimundo Maia Neto, Renaissance Scepticisms:
      My doctoral thesis was vivaed three years before the publication of the revised and expanded edition of Richard H. Popkin's work...

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viva

  1. feminine singular of vivu

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viva f sg

  1. feminine singular of viu

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viva (accusative singular vivan, plural vivaj, accusative plural vivajn)

  1. alive
  2. (figuratively) lively
  3. (music, broadcasting) live

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Verb edit

viva

  1. inflection of vivir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
  2. inflection of viver:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈvi.va/
  • Rhymes: -iva
  • Hyphenation: vì‧va

Verb edit

viva

  1. inflection of vivere:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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viva

  1. feminine singular of vivo

Interjection edit

viva

  1. hooray!
  2. long live ... !
  3. three cheers for ... !

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vīva

  1. inflection of vīvus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

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vīvā

  1. ablative feminine singular of vīvus

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Etymology 1 edit

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viva

  1. feminine singular of vivo

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

viva

  1. inflection of viver:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
  2. inflection of vivar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Noun edit

viva m (plural vivas)

  1. hooray (a shout to signify victory)

Interjection edit

viva!

  1. hooray!
    Synonym: bravo
  2. three cheers for ...!
  3. (as a greeting) hello!, hi!
    Synonym: olá
  4. bless you! (said to someone who has just sneezed, as a polite remark)
    Synonym: saúde

Romanian edit

Interjection edit

viva

  1. Obsolete form of vivat.

References edit

  • viva in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiba/ [ˈbi.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -iba
  • Syllabification: vi‧va

Adjective edit

viva

  1. feminine singular of vivo

Verb edit

viva

  1. inflection of vivar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
  2. inflection of vivir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Usage notes edit

Used as a general exclamation of honor, as in “¡Viva México!”, “¡Viva España!” Usually rendered as “long live”, though used more generally than people, as in the informal English yay, go. Cognate to French vive (and Italian and Portuguese viva), of identical usage. See the following examples

  • ¡Viva México!Long live Mexico!
  • ¡Viva España!Long live Spain!
  • ¡Viva el Rey!Long live the King!
  • ¡Vivan los novios!Long live the bride and groom / Here's to the happy couple / Health to the bride and groom!

Quotations edit

 
“¡Viva México!”, Grito de Dolores 2008
  • Grito de Dolores – traditional independence day cry
    ¡Vivan los heroes que nos dieron patria! ¡Viva!
    ¡Viva Hidalgo! ¡Viva!
    ¡Viva Morelos! ¡Viva!
    ¡Viva Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez! ¡Viva!
    ¡Viva Allende! ¡Viva!
    ¡Vivan Aldama y Matamoros! ¡Viva!
    ¡Viva nuestra independencia! ¡Viva!
    ¡Viva México! ¡Viva!
    ¡Viva México! ¡Viva!
    ¡Viva México! ¡Viva!

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-viva?

  1. (transitive) to cut up

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