vida

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vida"

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbida/
• Syllabification: vi‧da
• Rhymes: -ida

Noun

vida f

1. life

Derived terms

• esperanza de vida
• qualidat de vida
• salvavidas

Related terms

• vivr

References

• “vida” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “vida”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)
• Ortografía de l'aragonés

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin vīta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbida/ [ˈbi.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: vi‧da

Noun

vida f (plural vides)

1. life

Related terms

• vivir
• vivu

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “vida”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “vida”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		вида
Arabic	Classical sp	وداع
	Iranian sp

Etymology

From Arabic وَدَاع (wadāʕ).

Noun

vida (definite accusative vidanı, plural vidalar)

1. farewell, valediction, leave-taking

   Synonym: sağollaşma

Declension

Declension of vida

	singular	plural
nominative	vida	vidalar
definite accusative	vidanı	vidaları
dative	vidaya	vidalara
locative	vidada	vidalarda
ablative	vidadan	vidalardan
definite genitive	vidanın	vidaların

Possessive forms of vida

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	vidam	vidalarım
sənin (“your”)	vidan	vidaların
onun (“his/her/its”)	vidası	vidaları
bizim (“our”)	vidamız	vidalarımız
sizin (“your”)	vidanız	vidalarınız
onların (“their”)	vidası or vidaları	vidaları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	vidamı	vidalarımı
sənin (“your”)	vidanı	vidalarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	vidasını	vidalarını
bizim (“our”)	vidamızı	vidalarımızı
sizin (“your”)	vidanızı	vidalarınızı
onların (“their”)	vidasını or vidalarını	vidalarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	vidama	vidalarıma
sənin (“your”)	vidana	vidalarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	vidasına	vidalarına
bizim (“our”)	vidamıza	vidalarımıza
sizin (“your”)	vidanıza	vidalarınıza
onların (“their”)	vidasına or vidalarına	vidalarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	vidamda	vidalarımda
sənin (“your”)	vidanda	vidalarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	vidasında	vidalarında
bizim (“our”)	vidamızda	vidalarımızda
sizin (“your”)	vidanızda	vidalarınızda
onların (“their”)	vidasında or vidalarında	vidalarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	vidamdan	vidalarımdan
sənin (“your”)	vidandan	vidalarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	vidasından	vidalarından
bizim (“our”)	vidamızdan	vidalarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	vidanızdan	vidalarınızdan
onların (“their”)	vidasından or vidalarından	vidalarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	vidamın	vidalarımın
sənin (“your”)	vidanın	vidalarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	vidasının	vidalarının
bizim (“our”)	vidamızın	vidalarımızın
sizin (“your”)	vidanızın	vidalarınızın
onların (“their”)	vidasının or vidalarının	vidalarının

Derived terms

• vidalaşma
• vidalaşmaq

Related terms

• əlvida

Further reading

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “vida”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[1] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 4, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 485

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan vida, from Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbi.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈvi.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈvi.ða]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -idə, -ida

Noun

vida f (plural vides)

1. life

Derived terms

• esperança de vida
• qualitat de vida
• salvavides

Related terms

• viu
• viure

References

• “vida” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “vida”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Anagrams

• àvid

Czech

Etymology

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɪda]

Interjection

vida

1. An indication of excitement, surprise, astonishment.

Verb

vida

1. masculine singular present transgressive of vidět

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvida/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: vi‧da

Adjective

vida (accusative singular vidan, plural vidaj, accusative plural vidajn)

1. visual

Related terms

• vide (“visually”)
• vidi (“to see”)
• vido (“sight, vision”)

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Verb

vida

1. third-person singular past historic of vider

Anagrams

• diva

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbida/ [ˈbi.ð̞ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ida
• Hyphenation: vi‧da

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese vida, from Latin vīta.

Noun

vida f (plural vidas)

1. life
2. (archaic) sustenance, food

Related terms

• vital
• vitalidade

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese vĩida (“arrival, return”), from vĩir (“to come”) (Modern Galician vir).

Alternative forms

• vinda

Noun

vida f (plural vidas)

1. return

   Unha viaxe de ida e vida ― A round trip (literally, “A trip with a going and a return”)

References

• “vida”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “vida”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “vida”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “vida”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vida”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vida”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vida”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ladino

Etymology

From Latin vīta. Cognate with Spanish vida.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvida/, [ˈviða]

Noun

vida f (plural vidas)

1. life

Related terms

• bivez
• bivir
• bivo

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

vida

1. simple past and past participle of vide

Alternative forms

• videt

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• vide

Etymology

From Old Norse víða.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋiːɑ/

Adverb

vida

1. widely, far
   • 1895, Per Sivle, Vaar-Vôn:

     […] so vida ikring dei Fuglarne fêr […]

     […] so widely/far about those birds roam […]

References

• “vida” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• vido (Provence)

Etymology

From Old Occitan vida, from Latin vita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ðo̞/
• (Niçard) IPA^(key): [ˈvi.da]

• Audio (Languedoc):

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Noun

vida f (plural vidas)

1. life

Related terms

• viu
• viure

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vida, from Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.da/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.dɐ/ [ˈvi.ðɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.dɐ/ [ˈvi.ðɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.dɐ/ [ˈbi.ðɐ]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.da/
• Rhymes: -idɐ
• Hyphenation: vi‧da

Noun

vida f (plural vidas)

1. life
   1. (uncountable) state of being alive

      A vida é bela!

      Life is beautiful!

      • 1980, Chico Buarque, “Vida”, in Vida, PolyGram:

        Deixei a fatia mais doce da vida / Na mesa dos homens de vida vazia

        I left the sweetest slice of life / On the table of the men who lead empty lives

   2. lifetime (period during which someone is alive or something exists)

      Uma pessoa no ínicio de sua vida se chama criança.

      A person is called a child during the beginning of his life.

      Synonym: existência

   3. living conditions

      Fora um homem de boa vida.

      He had been a man with a good life.

   4. living being

      Perderam-se muitas vidas durante a guerra.

      Many lives were lost during the war.

   5. (figurative) something inherently part of a person's existence

      O futebol é a minha vida.

      Soccer is my life.

   6. (ecology) the flora and fauna of an ecosystem

      A vida desértica evoluiu para aguentar o calor.

      Desert creatures evolved to withstand heat.

   7. (video games) one of the player's chances to play
2. (figurative) vigour (active strength or force of body or mind)

   Synonyms: vigor, vitalidade

3. (figuratively, endearing) honey, sweetheart (term of endearing)

   Cheguei, vida.

   I'm home, honey.

   Synonyms: amor, bebê

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:vida.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “state of being alive”): morte

Derived terms

• barra de vida
• da vida
• dar a vida
• de vida ou morte
• entre a vida e a morte
• estilo de vida
• forma de vida
• ganhar a vida
• puxa vida
• toda a vida
• vida de cão
• vida ganha
• vida noturna
• vida privada
• vida social
• vidinha

Related terms

• bio-
• biologia
• biota
• vital
• vitalício
• vitalidade
• vitalizar
• vivacidade
• vivaz
• viveiro
• viver
• vívido
• vivíparo
• vivo
• zoo-

Descendants

• Angolar: vira
• Guinea-Bissau Creole: vida, bida
• Kabuverdianu: bida
• Korlai Creole Portuguese: vid
• Macanese: vida
• Principense: vida
• → Tetum: vida

Etymology 2

Verb

vida

1. inflection of vidar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “vida”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “vida”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vider.

Verb

a vida (third-person singular present videază, past participle vidat) 1st conjugation

1. to empty
2. to make a vacuum

Conjugation

    conjugation of vida (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a vida
gerund			vidând
past participle			vidat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	videz	videzi	videază	vidăm	vidați	videază
	imperfect	vidam	vidai	vida	vidam	vidați	vidau
	simple perfect	vidai	vidași	vidă	vidarăm	vidarăți	vidară
	pluperfect	vidasem	vidaseși	vidase	vidaserăm	vidaserăți	vidaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să videz	să videzi	să videze	să vidăm	să vidați	să videze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		videază			vidați
	negative		nu vida			nu vidați

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin vīta. Cf. Spanish vida.

Noun

vida f

1. (Campidanese) life

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

vida (Cyrillic spelling вида)

1. genitive singular of vid

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbida/ [ˈbi.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: vi‧da

Noun

vida f (plural vidas)

1. life

   ¡Me salvó la vida!

   He saved my life!

   Tal vez esto te sorprenderá, pero en realidad no me gusta escucharte hablar de tu vida espantosa.

   Maybe this will surprise you, but in reality I don't enjoy listening to you talk about your horrible life.

2. lifestyle
3. livelihood; living
4. liveliness
5. lifespan; lifetime
6. a term of endearment; darling, sweetheart

   Ven acá, mi vida.

   Come here, sweetheart.

7. (la vida) the game (prostitution)
8. (computing) life (in a computer game)
9. (Philippines, theater) protagonist

Derived terms

• a vida
• a vida o muerte
• albor de la vida
• albores de la vida
• antivida
• árbol de la vida
• así es la vida
• buena vida
• buscavidas
• calidad de vida
• ciclo de vida
• cobrar vida
• con la vida
• con vida
• darse la gran vida
• de mala vida
• de mi vida
• de por vida
• de toda la vida
• doble vida
• duración de la vida
• en los días de la vida
• en mi vida
• en vida
• entre la vida y la muerte
• eso es vida
• esperanza de vida
• estambre de la vida
• estilo de vida
• fe de vida
• flor de la vida
• forma de vida
• ganarse la vida
• gran vida
• hacer la vida
• hacer vida
• hoja de vida
• ir por la vida
• ironías de la vida
• la bolsa o la vida
• la otra vida
• la vida
• la vida es breve
• la vida es sólo una
• la vida futura
• la vida padre
• la vida son dos días
• ley de vida
• libro de la vida
• llave de la vida
• mala vida
• mandíbulas de la vida
• media vida
• mi vida
• nivel de vida
• no me da la vida
• pasar a mejor vida
• pasarse la vida
• pena de la vida
• perdonavidas
• por mi vida
• por vida de Dios
• provida
• prueba de vida
• punto de vida
• pura vida
• qué es de tu vida
• quitarse la vida
• quitavidas
• salvavidas
• seguro de vida
• seguro sobre la vida
• sentido de la vida
• si la vida te da limones, haz limonada
• subir de vida
• toda la vida
• tren de vida
• vida animal
• vida de perros
• vida de relación
• vida espiritual
• vida interior
• vida media
• vida nocturna
• vida pública
• vida real
• vida sexual
• vida útil
• vida y milagros
• vidorra
• vuelve a la vida

Related terms

• vital
• vivir
• vivo

Descendants

• Palenquero: bila
• Papiamentu: bida
• → Tagalog: bida

Further reading

• “vida”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “vida”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adverb

vida (not comparable)

1. widely

   Han är vida känd för sin karateexpertis

   He is widely known for his karate expertise

Adjective

vida

1. inflection of vid:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Turkish

vidalar

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ویده (vida), (via Greek) from Venetan vida.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.da/

• Audio:

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Noun

vida (definite accusative vidayı, plural vidalar)

1. screw

Declension

Declension of vida

singular plural nominative vida vidalar definite accusative vidayı vidaları dative vidaya vidalara locative vidada vidalarda ablative vidadan vidalardan genitive vidanın vidaların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular vidam vidalarım 2nd singular vidan vidaların 3rd singular vidası vidaları 1st plural vidamız vidalarımız 2nd plural vidanız vidalarınız 3rd plural vidaları vidaları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular vidamı vidalarımı 2nd singular vidanı vidalarını 3rd singular vidasını vidalarını 1st plural vidamızı vidalarımızı 2nd plural vidanızı vidalarınızı 3rd plural vidalarını vidalarını dative singular plural 1st singular vidama vidalarıma 2nd singular vidana vidalarına 3rd singular vidasına vidalarına 1st plural vidamıza vidalarımıza 2nd plural vidanıza vidalarınıza 3rd plural vidalarına vidalarına locative singular plural 1st singular vidamda vidalarımda 2nd singular vidanda vidalarında 3rd singular vidasında vidalarında 1st plural vidamızda vidalarımızda 2nd plural vidanızda vidalarınızda 3rd plural vidalarında vidalarında ablative singular plural 1st singular vidamdan vidalarımdan 2nd singular vidandan vidalarından 3rd singular vidasından vidalarından 1st plural vidamızdan vidalarımızdan 2nd plural vidanızdan vidalarınızdan 3rd plural vidalarından vidalarından genitive singular plural 1st singular vidamın vidalarımın 2nd singular vidanın vidalarının 3rd singular vidasının vidalarının 1st plural vidamızın vidalarımızın 2nd plural vidanızın vidalarınızın 3rd plural vidalarının vidalarının Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular vidayım vidalarım 2nd singular vidasın vidalarsın 3rd singular vida vidadır vidalar vidalardır 1st plural vidayız vidalarız 2nd plural vidasınız vidalarsınız 3rd plural vidalar vidalardır

Derived terms

• tornavida
• vidalamak

Further reading

• “vida”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “vida”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “vida”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin vītis, vītem. Compare Italian vite, Istriot veîda.

Noun

vida f (plural vide)

1. vine

Descendants

• Byzantine Greek: βίδα (bída)
  • Greek: βίδα (vída)