What does vivir mean?
vivir means to live in English. It is a regular -ir verb and one of the verbs Spanish learners should recognize quickly because it appears in everyday speech, stories, instructions, and classroom practice.
Learning a verb well means more than memorizing one form. You need to see how the verb changes with different subjects, how it behaves in the past, and how it sounds in practical sentences. This page gives you a compact reference for vivir and connects it to related VerbyGo practice pages.
vivir conjugation table
Use this table as a starting point for active recall. Cover one column, say the pronoun, and try to produce the form before checking the answer.
| Pronoun | Present | Preterite | Imperfect | Future |
|---|
| yo |
vivo |
viví |
vivía |
viviré |
| tú |
vives |
viviste |
vivías |
vivirás |
| él / ella / usted |
vive |
vivió |
vivía |
vivirá |
| nosotros/as |
vivimos |
vivimos |
vivíamos |
viviremos |
| ellos/as / ustedes |
viven |
vivieron |
vivían |
vivirán |
Examples with vivir
- Vivo cerca del centro. I live near downtown.
- Vivíamos en Medellín. We used to live in Medellin.
- Vivirán una experiencia nueva. They will live a new experience.
Read each example as a full sentence. This helps you connect the form to meaning, not just to a chart. If a form feels difficult, practice it with several pronouns before moving to a new tense.
Practice prompts
- Conjugate vivir for yo in the present.
- Conjugate vivir for ella in the preterite.
- Conjugate vivir for nosotros/as in the imperfect.
- Write one sentence using vivir in the future.
Practice vivir online
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