Sobrevivir in english
Survive
pronunciation: sɜrvaɪv part of speech: verb
pronunciation: sɜrvaɪv part of speech: verb
In gestures
sobrevivir = survive ; be around ; outlive ; eke out + a living ; scratch (out) + a living ; scrape + a living ; eke out + an existence ; eke out ; make it through ; live by + Posesivo + wits.
Example: Of those that proceeded beyond the fetal stage, few survived the close of the decade in their original form.Example: The author suggests that the book will be around for generations to come simply because it costs less.Example: 69% of women who marry will outlive their husbands, they are widowed at an average age of 56, and often experience a loss of half their income with the death of their spouse.Example: He represents not only hard-pressed immigrants and their plight but also everyone else eking out a living on the street corners of cities.Example: David keeps at his pushcart, scratching out a living even in the dead of winter -- meanwhile, Rose secretly visits Sammy to watch out for him.Example: A recent report finds that small business owners who employ five or less staff are, on average, barely scraping a living from all their effort.Example: In thus eking out an existence, however, the washerwoman was very important for the survival of her family.Example: A farm is a good thing, when it begins and ends with itself, and does not need a salary, or a shop, to eke it out = A farm is a good thing, when it begins and ends with itself, and does not need a salary, or a shop, to eke it out.Example: He figures if he made it through WWII he can make it through anything, that's a great attitude.Example: During the months that followed she had lived by her wits and refused to doubt -- even fleetingly -- that she would find him.more:
» ingeniárselas para sobrevivir = live by + Posesivo + wits .
Example: During the months that followed she had lived by her wits and refused to doubt -- even fleetingly -- that she would find him.» lucha por sobrevivir = battle for survival .
Example: A young woman with cystic fibrosis has lost her battle for survival after spending years on the transplant list waiting for new lungs.» luchar por sobrevivir = battle for + survival .
Example: Both films feature strong heroines battling for survival in a dystopian future.» que ha sobrevivido = surviving .
Example: Interviews were with a surviving next of kin or a nonrelative about three months after the event of death.» sobrevivir al invierno = survive + the winter .
Example: Females hibernate, lay eggs in spring, these hatch in summer and second generation emerges in autumn -- no males survive the winter.» sobrevivir a una crisis = survive + a crisis .
Example: By the same token, the Obama campaign has remained relatively dignified, has survived the worst of crises, has been even-keeled, efficient and well-managed.» sobrevivir a un ataque = survive + an attack .
Example: The editor must ask himor herself whether a manuscript will become a book which will survive the attacks of censors to win a place in the hearts, minds and memories of its readers.» sobrevivir de milagro = have + a close shave with death ; have + a (close) brush with death ; stare + death in the face ; have + a close encounter with death .
Example: She had a close shave with death recently when she was on her way to a friend's place to attend a small get-together. Example: People who have close brushes with death, or recover from clinical death, have strikingly similar 'death experiences'. Example: British holidaymaker has told how she stared death in the face during a horror boating accident in Ibiza. Example: You may hear once in a while where someone had a close encounter with death, but they never made it six feet under -- death is something we can escape easily.» valérselas para sobrevivir = live by + Posesivo + wits .
Example: During the months that followed she had lived by her wits and refused to doubt -- even fleetingly -- that she would find him.