Meaning of leva | Babel Free
/²leːva/Definitioner
- to live, to be alive (concretely or figuratively)
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to leave obsolete
- to live (lead one's life somewhere, with someone, or the like)
- to live (in a particular way), to lead
- to live on, to live off (something)
- to be live (be in active play, of a ball)
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to be wild (and noisy) (of a person or animal the like, or other things by extension) often
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to party, to indulge in debauchery often
Exempel
“Lever den skådisen än? Jag trodde han var död.”
Is that actor still alive? I thought he was dead.
“Den lever!”
It's alive!
“Kompositören är död, men musiken lever”
The composer is dead, but the music lives
“Hoppet lever”
Hope is alive
“Minnet lever i oss”
The memory lives in us
“Man kan inte arbeta hela tiden. Man måste ha tid att leva också.”
You can't work all the time. You have to have time to live too.
“Livet är gött [colloquial or dialectal form of gott], världen är stor. Här sitter vi, jag och min bror. Fisken i sjön sover nog nu. Den är nog trött. Eller vad tror du? Det ska va' [vara] gött å [att] leva, annars kan det kvitta. Fint å [att] leva, annars kan det kvitta. Lätt å [att] leva, annars kan det kvitta. Spring inte runt och vela, då sabbar du det hela. Spring inte runt och veva. Det ska va' [vara] gött, gött, gött, gött å [att] leva.”
[The] life is good, the world is big. Here we sit, me and my brother. The fish in the lake is probably sleeping now. It is probably tired. Or what do you think? It should be good to live, otherwise there's no point ("otherwise it may (might as well) not matter" (what happens or the like)). Nice to live, otherwise there's no point. Easy to live, otherwise there's no point. Don't run around and vacillate, then you ruin the whole thing. Don't run around and wave. It should be good, good, good, good to live.
“Monstren lever uppe i bergen”
The monsters live up in the mountains
“människorna som lever inom stadens murar”
the people who live within the city walls
“Lärjungarna lever med mästaren”
The disciples live with the master
“leva ett liv i synd”
live/lead a life of sin
“De levde ett stillsamt liv”
They lived/lead a quiet life
“leva på bröd och vatten”
live on bread and water
“leva på avkastning”
live off returns
“leva på hoppet”
live on [the] hope
“I den här lådan ligger allt jag kommer leva av under expeditionen”
In this box is everything I will live on during the expedition
“Bollen lever”
The ball is alive
“Hundarna levde om”
The dogs were being wild and noisy
“När oss woro siw brödher / Then förste toogh sigh hustru och bleff dödh. Och effter han hadhe ingen sädh / leeffde han sina hustru sinom brodher. (pre-1906 spelling) När oss voro sju bröder; den förste tog sig hustru, och blef död; och efter han hade ingen säd, lefde han sina hustru sinom broder.”
Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
CEFR-nivå
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.