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viva

See also: ViVa and vivá

English

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Noun

Etymology 1

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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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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?

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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

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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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Asturian

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Adjective

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viva

  1. feminine singular of vivu

Catalan

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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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Galician

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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

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Italian viva.

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viva!

  1. viva:
    1. hooray!
    2. long live ... !

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Italian

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

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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

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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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Portuguese

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viva

  1. feminine singular of vivo

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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

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viva m (plural vivas)

  1. hooray (a shout to signify victory)

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viva!

  1. hooray!
    Synonym: bravo
  2. long live...!
    Viva o rei!
    Long live the king!
  3. three cheers for ...!
  4. (as a greeting) hello!, hi!
    Synonym: olá
  5. bless you! (said to someone who has just sneezed, as a polite remark)
    Synonym: saúde

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viva

  1. Obsolete form of vivat.

References

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

Spanish

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

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viva

  1. feminine singular of vivo

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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

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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!

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“¡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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  • (antonym(s) of “long live”): abajo

Xhosa

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Verb

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-viva?

  1. (transitive) to cut up

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