# viva
## English
### Pronunciation

Interjection
* enPR: vē'və, IPA: /ˈviː.və/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːvə
Noun
* enPR: vī'və, IPA: /ˈvaɪ.və/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪvə

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish viva and Italian viva.

#### Interjection

viva!
* Long live ... ! (used to express acclaim or support).
** 1986 February 8, Emma Whitby, “Old Testament Claptrap?”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 29, page 5:The message has been mostly perverted from the moment of his death, but it hasn't been invalidated. So, viva Jesus of Nazareth and joy to the world!

##### Translations
#### Verb

viva (third-person singular simple present vivas, present participle vivaing, simple past and past participle vivaed)
* (transitive, intransitive, dated) To cheer, applaud
** 1841, Joseph Bullar, Henry Bullar, A winter in the Azores, and a summer at the baths of the Furnas:...the people clapped and vivaed, groaned and hooted, as they were pleased or disappointed, until at length the intense excitement began to subside...
** 1859, The Atlantic Monthly:The next evening Paine went to the theatre. The state-box had been prepared for him. The house rose and vivaed as he entered.
** 1857, George Payne R James, Leonora d'Orco:...did you not hear how the beasts last night were cheering and vivaing those French heretics?

#### Noun

viva (plural vivas)
* A shout of applause.
** 1855, Mayne Reid, The White Chief: A Legend of Northern Mexico, page 89:When the cibolero returned to the plain, he was received with a fresh burst of vivas, and kerchiefs were waved to greet him.

### Etymology 2

Shortened from viva voce, Latin for “live voice”

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: vī'və, IPA: /ˈvaɪ.və/
* Rhymes: -aɪvə

#### Noun

viva (plural vivas)
* An oral examination, typically for an academic qualification.

#### Verb

viva (third-person singular simple present vivas, present participle vivaing, simple past and past participle vivaed)
* (transitive) To subject to an examination of this kind.
** 1931, Henry Sanderson Furniss Sanderson, Memories of sixty years:I was vivaed by Charles Cannan, who was then a Fellow of Trinity...
** 1972, The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History:Throughout his life, he took college responsibilities seriously, he came to All Souls whenever possible on weekends, he vivaed or interviewed candidates...
** 2009, Gianni Paganini, Jose Raimundo Maia Neto, Renaissance Scepticisms:My doctoral thesis was vivaed three years before the publication of the revised and expanded edition of Richard H. Popkin's work...

### See also

* vis viva

## Asturian
### Adjective

viva
* feminine singular of vivu

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈbi.βə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈvi.və]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈvi.va]

### Adjective

viva f sg
* feminine singular of viu

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈviva]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iva
* Hyphenation: vi‧va

### Adjective

viva (accusative singular vivan, plural vivaj, accusative plural vivajn)
* alive
* (figuratively) lively
* (music, broadcasting) live

#### Related terms

* vivi (“to live”)
* vivo (“life”)

## Galician
### Verb

viva
* inflection of vivir:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative
* inflection of viver:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian viva.

### Interjection

viva!
* viva:
** hooray!
** long live ... !

### Further reading

* “viva” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvi.va/
* Rhymes: -iva
* Hyphenation: vì‧va

### Verb

viva
* inflection of vivere:
** first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Adjective

viva
* feminine singular of vivo

### Interjection

viva
* hooray!
* long live ... !
* three cheers for ... !

#### Related terms

* evviva

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* vīva: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯iː.u̯a/, [ˈu̯iːu̯ä]
* vīva: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈvi.va/, [ˈviːvä]
* vīvā: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯iː.u̯aː/, [ˈu̯iːu̯äː]
* vīvā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈvi.va/, [ˈviːvä]

### Adjective

vīva
* inflection of vīvus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

### Adjective

vīvā
* ablative feminine singular of vīvus

### References

* "viva", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvi.vɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvi.vɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈvi.va/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvi.vɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvi.vɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈbi.bɐ/ [ˈbi.βɐ]
* Hyphenation: vi‧va

### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

viva
* feminine singular of vivo

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

viva
* inflection of viver:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative
* inflection of vivar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

#### Noun

viva m (plural vivas)
* hooray (a shout to signify victory)

#### Interjection

viva!
* hooray!
    Synonym: bravo
* long live...!
    Viva o rei!Long live the king!
* three cheers for ...!
* (as a greeting) hello!, hi!
    Synonym: olá
* bless you! (said to someone who has just sneezed, as a polite remark)
    Synonym: saúde

## Romanian
### Interjection

viva
* Obsolete form of vivat.

### References

* viva in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbiba/ [ˈbi.β̞a]
* Rhymes: -iba
* Syllabification: vi‧va

### Adjective

viva
* feminine singular of vivo

### Verb

viva
* inflection of vivar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative
* inflection of vivir:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

#### Usage notes

Used as a general exclamation of honor, as in “¡Viva México!”, “¡Viva España!” Usually rendered as “long live”, though used more generally than people, as in the informal English yay, go. Cognate to French vive (and Italian and Portuguese viva), of identical usage. See the following examples
* ¡Viva México! ― Long live Mexico!
* ¡Viva España! ― Long live Spain!
* ¡Viva el Rey! ― Long live the King!
* ¡Viva la Vida! ― Long live the Life!
* ¡Vivan los novios! ― Long live the bride and groom / Here's to the happy couple / Health to the bride and groom!

#### Quotations

* Grito de Dolores – traditional independence day cry
    ¡Vivan los heroes que nos dieron patria! ¡Viva!
    ¡Viva Hidalgo! ¡Viva!
    ¡Viva Morelos! ¡Viva!
    ¡Viva Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez! ¡Viva!
    ¡Viva Allende! ¡Viva!
    ¡Vivan Aldama y Matamoros! ¡Viva!
    ¡Viva nuestra independencia! ¡Viva!
    ¡Viva México! ¡Viva!
    ¡Viva México! ¡Viva!
    ¡Viva México! ¡Viva!

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “long live”): abajo

## Xhosa
### Verb

-viva$^?$
* (transitive) to cut up

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.