viu

viu

1. Alternative form of yiu

From Latin vīvus, from Proto-Italic *gʷīwos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós.

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈviw/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbiw/
• Rhymes: -iw

viu (feminine viva, masculine plural vius, feminine plural vives)

1. living, alive
2. (figurative) lively, vivid

• tanca viva

viu m (plural vius)

1. living person

   els vius i els morts ― the quick and the dead

2. quick (raw flesh)
3. (figurative) quick (sensitive part)
4. (figurative) crux, core, gist

   Synonyms: quid, nus

viu

1. first-person singular preterite indicative form of veure
2. third-person singular present indicative form of viure
3. second-person singular imperative form of viure

• “viu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

viu

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ver

From Old French viel < Latin vetulus.

viu m (feminine singular viule, masculine plural vius, feminine plural viules)

1. old

• viéz (rarer)

• vio (obsolete)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Galician viu and Spanish vio.

• Homophone: vil (Brazil)
• Rhymes: -iw
• Hyphenation: viu

viu

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ver

viu

1. (Brazil) used at the beginning or end of a sentence, especially imperative ones, as filler

   Viu, venha aqui quando puder.

   So, come here when you can.

   Não faça isso, viu.

   Don’t do that, OK?

From Latin vīvus, from Proto-Italic *gʷīwos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós.

• IPA^(key): /viw/

viu m or n (feminine singular vie, plural vii)

1. alive

   mâncat de viu ― eaten alive

• mort

• vietate
• vioi

• învia
• înviora
• viață
• via

• trăi