| Additional Translations |
| alive adj | figurative (active still) | vivo/a adj |
| | | en pie loc adv |
| | The volleyball team returned the ball and kept the play alive. |
| | El equipo de vóleibol devolvió la bola y mantuvo vivo el juego. |
| | El equipo de vóleibol delvolvió la bola y mantuvo el juego en pie. |
| alive adj | (animated, lively) | animado/a adj |
| | The room was alive with moving dancers. |
| | El salón se veía animado con bailarines en movimiento. |
| alive adj | (of all, in existence) | de todos loc adv |
| | | del mundo, de la Tierra loc adv |
| | | sobre la Tierra loc adv |
| | You've made me the happiest man alive! |
| | Me has hecho el hombre más feliz de todos. |
| alive to adj + prep | (sensitive to, aware of) | sensible a adj mf + prep |
| | | consciente de adj mf + prep |
| | A dog's senses are alive to things we humans don't even notice. |
| | El olfato del perro es sensible a cosas que los humanos no percibimos. |
Compound Forms:
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| alive and kicking adj | colloquial, figurative (in good health) (familiar) | vivito y coleando loc adj |
| | It's my father's 98th birthday, and he's still alive and kicking. |
| | Mi padre cumple 98 años y aún está vivito y coleando. |
| alive and well adj | (person: still alive and healthy) | vivo y sano loc adj m |
| alive and well adj | figurative (industry, program: still active) | vigente adj inv |
| alive with adj | (teeming with) | animado/a adj |
| | The plaza was alive with all sorts of performers and the people who came to watch. |
| | La plaza estaba animada y con toda clase de artistas callejeros y gente que acudía a verlos. |
| burn [sb] alive vtr + adj | (kill [sb] with fire) | quemar vivo a loc verb |
burned alive,
UK: burnt alive adj | (killed by fire) | quemado vivo loc adj |
| | Juana de Arco murió quemada viva. |
| bury [sb] alive vtr + adj | often passive (cruel killing method) | enterrar vivo a loc verb |
| come alive vi + adj | figurative (fiction: seem real) | tomar vida loc verb |
| | The characters in the film really come alive thanks to the director. |
| | Los personajes de la película tomaron vida gracias al director. |
| come alive vi + adj | figurative (become lively) (figurado) | resucitar⇒ vi |
| | Despite a quiet first half, the match came alive after the break. |
| | A pesar de que la primera parte fue tranquila, el partido resucitó después del descanso. |
| | (figurado) | cobrar vida loc verb |
| | A pesar de una primera parte tranquila, el partido cobró vida después del descanso. |
| flay [sb] alive v expr | figurative (punish severely) (figurado) | despellejar a vtr + prep |
| | | matar a vtr + prep |
| | Furious with his son for worrying them by staying out all night, Ken exclaimed, "I'm going to flay him alive when he gets home!" |
| | Furioso por su hijo por haber salido toda la noche, Ken exclamó "¡Lo voy a despellejar cuando llegue a casa!". |
| flay [sb] alive v expr | figurative (sports: beat other team) (figurado) | dar una paliza a loc verb |
| | | matar a vtr + prep |
| keep [sth] alive vtr + adj | figurative (maintain awareness or popularity of [sth]) | mantener candente vtr + adj |
| | (figurado) | mantener vivo vtr + adj |
| | The local press is doing its best to keep the issue alive. |
| | La prensa local está haciendo su mejor esfuerzo para mantener candente el tema. |
| keep [sb] alive vtr + adj | figurative (be of great importance) (a alguien, figurado) | mantener vivo vtr + adj |
| | Poetry kept him alive during his incarceration. |
| | His interest in the lives of his grandchildren keeps him alive. |
| | La poesía lo mantuvo vivo mientras estuvo en la cárcel. |
| keep [sb] alive vtr + adj | (prolong [sb]'s life artificially) (a alguien) | mantener vivo vtr + adj |
| | The life support system in the ambulance kept him alive until he reached the hospital. |
| | It's only an artificial heart and other machines that are keeping him alive. |
| Look alive! v expr | (Hurry up!) | apurarse⇒, apresurarse⇒ v prnl |
| | | darse prisa expr |
| | (CR) | ponerse vivo, ponerse pilas expr |
| man alive! interj | informal (expressing astonishment) | ¡Por Dios! ¡Pero hombre! interj |
| skin [sb/sth] alive vtr + adj | (flay while living) (literal) | despellejar⇒, desollar⇒ vtr |
| | | despellejar a, desollar a vtr + prep |
| | The Inquisition had prisoners skinned alive to make them confess to supposed sins. |
| | La Inquisición despellejó vivas a algunas personas para hacerlas confesar. |
| skin [sb] alive vtr + adj | figurative (punish) (figurado) | desollar a vtr + prep |
| | My mum will skin me alive for losing my school bag. |
| | Mi madre me va a desollar cuando se entere de que he perdido la mochila del colegio. |
| stay alive v expr | (remain living, not die) | seguir vivo vi + adj |
| | | seguir con vida vi + loc adj |
| | (formal) | permanecer vivo vi + adj |
| | | mantenerse vivo v prnl + adj |
| | | sobrevivir⇒ vi |
| | | seguir viviendo loc verb |