viva

See also: ViVa and vivá

English

Pronunciation

Interjection

• enPR: vē'və, IPA^(key): /ˈviː.və/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -iːvə

Noun

• enPR: vī'və, IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪ.və/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪvə

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish viva and Italian viva.

Interjection

viva!

1. 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

long live ... ! — see long live

Verb

viva (third-person singular simple present vivas, present participle vivaing, simple past and past participle vivaed)

1. (ambitransitive, 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)

1. 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^(key): /ˈvaɪ.və/
• Rhymes: -aɪvə

Noun

viva (plural vivas)

1. 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)

1. (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

1. feminine singular of vivu

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbi.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈvi.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈvi.va]

Adjective

viva f sg

1. feminine singular of viu

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviva/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iva
• Hyphenation: vi‧va

Adjective

viva (accusative singular vivan, plural vivaj, accusative plural vivajn)

1. alive
2. (figuratively) lively
3. (music, broadcasting) live

Related terms

• vivi (“to live”)
• vivo (“life”)

Galician

Verb

viva

1. inflection of vivir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative
2. inflection of viver:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian viva.

Interjection

viva!

1. viva:
   1. hooray!
   2. 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.