sobrevivir

/sobɾebiˈbiɾ/, [so.β̞ɾe.β̞iˈβ̞iɾ]

survive


Verb sobrevivir (first-person singular present sobrevivo, first-person singular preterite sobreviví, past participle sobrevivido)

  1. (intransitive) to survive

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • No puedo sobrevivir sin aire acondicionado en el verano.

    I can't survive without air conditioning in the summer.

  • No se puede sobrevivir sin dinero.

    One cannot survive without money.

  • Es muy difícil sobrevivir en una ciudad grande como Tokio sin endeudarse.

    It's really difficult to survive in a big city like Tokyo without endebting oneself.

  • Para aprender todos los idiomas que ha aprendido él, debería llegar a los 90 años. Y todavía queda mucho. No sé que será más difícil entonces, aprender o sobrevivir.

    He has already learnt more languages than I will have learnt, if I should reach the age of ninety. And there is still a long way to go! I still don't know what will be more difficult: learning or surviving.

  • ¿Cuáles son mis oportunidades de sobrevivir?

    What are my chances of surviving?

  • Estoy tan cansado que ni siquiera estoy seguro de si acaso seré capaz de sobrevivir este día.

    I'm so tired. I'm not even sure whether I'll be able to survive this day.

  • Si no fuese por el agua, los humanos no podrían sobrevivir.

    If it were not for water, humans could not survive.

  • Tom creyó que tenía una oportunidad de sobrevivir.

    Tom thought he had a chance to survive.

  • En estos tiempos, tan sólo sobrevivir es lo suficientemente difícil.

    Just surviving in these times is hard enough.

  • Solo estoy intentando sobrevivir.

    I'm just trying to survive.

See more examples


Want to learn Spanish?

Fill in the missing word for thousands of sentences in Spanish. Sign up and play for free!

  • Practice Spanish vocabulary in context.
  • Rapidly improve your Spanish listening skills with listening mode and Cloze-Listening.
  • Pick from dozen of collections at your level - 100 Most Common Words, the Fluency Fast Track, and more.
  • Score points for correct answers and compete with other players on the leaderboards.
  • Spaced-repetition helps you remember what you learn faster and more efficiently.
  • Keep practicing anytime, anyplace with the Clozemaster mobile apps on iOS and Android.

Get in the game!

Sign up Sign in

Get Clozemaster Pro!

Full access to everything on Clozemaster, no ads, and all the extras you need to take your Spanish skills to the next level.

Get fluent faster.

Get Pro today!