Viva

Pronunciation
Interjection

Noun

Interjection

 * 1) Long live ... ! (used to express acclaim or support).

Translations

 * Finnish: kauan eläköön


 * German: lang lebe

Verb

 * 1)  To cheer or applaud.
 * 2) * 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...
 * 1) * 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.
 * 1) * 1857, George Payne R James, Leonora d'Orco
 * ...did you not hear how the beasts last night were cheering and vivaing those French heretics?

Etymology 2
Shortened from viva voce, for “live voice”

Noun

 * 1) An oral examination, typically for an academic qualification.

Verb

 * 1)  To subject to an examination of this kind.
 * 2) * 1931, Henry Sanderson Furniss Sanderson, Memories of sixty years
 * I was vivaed by Charles Cannan, who was then a Fellow of Trinity...
 * 1) * 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...
 * 1) * 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...

Verb form
viva


 * 1) first-person singular, second-person singular and third-person singular  present tense of vivere
 * 2) third-person singular imperative of vivere

Adjective
viva


 * 1) Feminine of vivo

Interjection
viva!


 * 1) hooray!
 * 2) long live ... !
 * 3) three cheers for ... !

Related terms

 * evviva

Adjective




Verb

 * 1) First-person singular (eu) subjunctive present form of viver.
 * 2) Third-person singular (ele/ela and informal você) subjunctive present form of viver.
 * 3) First-person singular (eu) imperative form of viver.
 * 4) Third-person singular (ele/ela and informal você) imperative form of viver.

Interjection
viva!


 * 1) hooray!
 * 2) three cheers for ... !

Quotations

 *  – 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!

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