living death in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.live1 [Am lɪv, Brit lɪv] VB intr

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1.1. live (be, remain alive):

live
vivir
(for) as long as I live
mientras viva
(for) as long as I live
toda la vida
she lived to be 100
llegó a cumplir 100 años
he never lived to see it
no vivió para verlo
he never lived to see it
no alcanzó or llego a verlo
you'll live to regret it
algún día te arrepentirás
she had three months to live
le quedaban tres meses de vida
according to the doctors, he should live
según los médicos, se salvará
you'll live inf
no te vas a morir inf
long live the king/queen!
¡viva el rey/la reina!
her words will live forever
sus palabras vivirán para siempre
his spirit still lives among his people
su espíritu sigue vivo entre su pueblo
the dramatist makes his characters live
el dramaturgo da vida a sus personajes
you live and learn
todos los días se aprende algo nuevo
live and let live
vive y deja vivir a los demás

II.live1 [Am lɪv, Brit lɪv] VB trans

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I.live2 [Am laɪv, Brit lʌɪv] ADJ

II.live2 [Am laɪv, Brit lʌɪv] ADV

I.living [Am ˈlɪvɪŋ, Brit ˈlɪvɪŋ] N

II.living [Am ˈlɪvɪŋ, Brit ˈlɪvɪŋ] ADJ attr

death [Am dɛθ, Brit dɛθ] N

1. death U or C (end of life):

death
muerte f
death
fallecimiento m form
to die a natural death
morir de muerte natural
he died a peaceful death
tuvo una buena muerte or una muerte tranquila
the fire caused several deaths
el incendio causó varios muertos or cobró varias víctimas
the illness can result in death
la enfermedad puede ser mortal
death by strangulation/drowning
muerte por estrangulación/inmersión
they were united in death liter
la muerte los unió
death to the traitor!
¡muerte al traidor!
to put sb to death
ejecutar a alguien
he was sentenced to death/to death by hanging
lo condenaron a muerte/a morir en la horca
he was stabbed/beaten to death
lo mataron a puñaladas/golpes
to freeze/starve to death
morirse de frío/hambre
to bleed to death
morir desangrado
he drank himself to death
el alcohol acabó con él or lo mató
to fight to the death
luchar a muerte
a duel to the death
un duelo a muerte
to death as intensifier inf to be scared to death
estar muerto de miedo
they're frightened to death of losing their jobs
tienen un miedo espantoso de perder el trabajo
I was bored to death
me aburrí como una ostra inf
I'm sick to death of your complaining
estoy hasta la coronilla de tus quejas inf
his mother spoiled him to death
la madre lo echó a perder con tanto mimo or lo malcrió de mala manera
I'm worried to death
estoy preocupadísima
as pale as death
blanco como un papel
you look as pale as death
estás blanco como un papel
at death's door
a las puertas de la muerte
to be the death of sb
acabar con alguien
you'll be the death of your poor mother
vas a acabar con tu pobre madre
you'll be the death of your poor mother
vas a matar a disgustos a tu pobre madre
to catch one's death (of cold)
agarrarse una pulmonía doble
to catch one's death (of cold)
coger una pulmonía doble Spain
to do sth to death that play has been done to death
esa obra está muy trillada
if they get hold of a good idea, they tend to do it to death
si se les ocurre una buena idea, la repiten hasta la saciedad or hasta el cansancio
Richard II was done to death in his prison cell liter
a Ricardo II lo asesinaron or le dieron muerte en su celda
to hang on like grim death
aferrarse con todas sus fuerzas
to look like (grim) death
tener la cara desencajada
you look like death warmed over or Brit up hum
¡tienes muy mala cara!

living death in the PONS Dictionary

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Stark is forced to confront both his past and a present which has become a living death, in a story of love lost and friendship betrayed.
en.wikipedia.org
It's a living death, when the brain has been repeatedly battered and the football player morphs into someone unrecognizable to friends and family.
www.cbssports.com
His "we've stopped the boats" mantra ignores the long, slow, living death these children are suffering.
www.canberratimes.com.au
In extreme cases, leads to a form of living death.
en.wikipedia.org
I might be prepared to risk my own life to bring my country's living death to an end.
blogs.telegraph.co.uk
Is his existence enviable, or a sort of living death?
www.avclub.com
The profession of governess in the 1800s was widely considered a dismal fate, and paintings from the period depict it as humiliating and even tragic, a kind of living death.
www.slate.com
It was a living death for him.
www.itv.com
I will not accept a living death as a substitute.
en.wikipedia.org
Life without life's joys is living death.
www.theatlantic.com

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