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Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
alive adj	(living)	vivo/a adj
	Two of the four Hall sisters are still alive.
	Dos de las cuatro hermanas Hall todavía están vivas.

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Additional Translations
Inglés		Español
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.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
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

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breathe - live - pulse - still going

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