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unalive in Spanish

unalive in Spanish is desvivir, raicearse, ultimar — unalive means not living; dead or without life.

unalive in Spanish

desvivir
verb
(transitive, proscribed) To make unalive; to kill, especially oneself; to commit suicide.
raicearse
verb
(transitive, proscribed) To make unalive; to kill, especially oneself; to commit suicide.
ultimar
verb
(transitive, proscribed) To make unalive; to kill, especially oneself; to commit suicide.
desvivirse
verb
(intransitive, proscribed) To die.
ultimarse
verb
(intransitive, proscribed) To die.

What does "unalive" mean?

  1. adj Not living; dead or without life.
    "We don't experience a corpse as just an object; we experience it as an object that was once alive, but which no longer is. We experience it as "unalive" (Bt, 282)."
  2. adj Dull and without energy or liveliness.
    "Our perception labels it as negative, just like our minds have been trained to accept only the clinical and unreal, the sterile and unalive, the prepackaged and filtered."
  3. adj Showing no energy or emotion, as if acting like a machine.
  4. adj Without purpose or meaning in life.
    "It is directly related, however, to being and non-being, a relation which suggests that being is defined by work if without a job one becomes "unalive"."
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unalive in a sentence

  • We don't experience a corpse as just an object; we experience it as an object that was once alive, but which no longer is. We experience it as "unalive" (Bt, 282).
  • Our perception labels it as negative, just like our minds have been trained to accept only the clinical and unreal, the sterile and unalive, the prepackaged and filtered.
  • It is directly related, however, to being and non-being, a relation which suggests that being is defined by work if without a job one becomes "unalive".

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What is "unalive" in Spanish?
"unalive" in Spanish is desvivir, raicearse, ultimar. unalive means: Not living; dead or without life.
Are there other ways to say "unalive" in Spanish?
Yes — Spanish has 5 translations listed for "unalive": desvivir, raicearse, ultimar, desvivirse, ultimarse.
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