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pervivir — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • linger verb To stay in a place longer than necessary, often reluctant to leave.
  • survive verb To stay alive, especially after facing danger, illness, or hardship.

Senses

pervivir is used for these senses in English:

  • get through (informal, transitive) To overcome; to endure.
  • linger (intransitive) To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.
  • survive (intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.

linger — full definition

  1. verb To stay in a place longer than necessary, often reluctant to leave.
  2. verb To continue to exist or persist for longer than expected, especially before fading away.

survive — full definition

  1. verb To stay alive, especially after facing danger, illness, or hardship.
  2. verb To continue to exist, especially after something might have destroyed it.
  3. verb To live longer than someone else; to outlive them.

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