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Latest revision as of 08:49, 30 January 2013 [edit] English [edit] Pronunciation Interjection Noun [edit] Etymology 1 Italian [edit] Interjection viva! - Long live ... ! (used to express acclaim or support).
[edit] Translations viva (third-person singular simple present vivas, present participle vivaing, simple past and past participle vivaed) - (transitive, intransitive, dated) To cheer or 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?
[edit] Etymology 2 Shortened from viva voce, Latin for "live voice" viva (plural vivas) - An oral examination, typically for an academic qualification.
viva (third-person singular simple present vivas, present participle vivaing, simple past and past participle vivaed) - (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...
[edit] Catalan [edit] Adjective viva f. sg. - feminine form of viu
[edit] Esperanto [edit] Adjective viva (plural vivaj, accusative singular vivan, accusative plural vivajn) - alive
- (figuratively) lively
- (music) live (not a studio recording)
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[edit] Galician viva - first-person singular present subjunctive of vivir
- third-person singular present subjunctive of vivir
[edit] Italian [edit] Verb form viva - first-person singular, second-person singular and third-person singular subjunctive present tense of vivere
- third-person singular imperative of vivere
[edit] Adjective viva f. - Feminine of vivo
[edit] Interjection viva! - hooray!
- long live ... !
- three cheers for ... !
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[edit] Adjective vīva - nominative feminine singular of vīvus
- nominative neuter plural of vīvus
- accusative neuter plural of vīvus
- vocative feminine singular of vīvus
- nominative neuter plural of vīvus
vīvā - ablative feminine singular of vīvus
[edit] Portuguese [edit] Adjective viva m. and f. (plural vivas; comparable) - feminine form of vivo#Portuguese
viva (infinitive: viver) - First-person singular (eu) subjunctive present form of viver.
- Third-person singular (ele/ela and informal você) subjunctive present form of viver.
- First-person singular (eu) imperative form of viver.
- Third-person singular (ele/ela and informal você) imperative form of viver.
[edit] Interjection viva! - hooray!
- three cheers for ... !
[edit] Spanish [edit] Adjective viva f. (masculine vivo, feminine plural vivas, masculine plural vivos) - feminine form of vivo#Spanish
viva (infinitive vivir) - Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of vivir.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of vivir.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of vivir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of vivir.
[edit] Usage notes Used as a general exclamation of honor, as in "Viva México!" Usually rendered as "long live", though used more generally than people, as in the informal English yay, go. Cognate to Frenche vive (and Italian and Portuguese viva), of identical usage. [edit] Antonyms [edit] Quotations - 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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