live on

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar sobreviver ou se sustentar com uma certa quantia de dinheiro ou tipo de alimento, e também continuar existindo ou permanecer na memória.

A phrasal verb used to indicate surviving or subsisting on a particular amount of money or type of food, or continuing to exist or be remembered.

incontável · intransitivo · phrasal, inseparável

1. Survive using a resourceformal

   To survive or maintain life by relying on a particular source of food, money, or income.

   Viver de

   • Many people live on a very small budget.
   • The birds live on seeds and insects.
   • He lives on his pension after retirement.

   Sinônimosdepend onfeed onrely on

2. formal

   To continue to exist or be remembered over time.

   Continuar a existir

   • The legend of King Arthur lives on in stories.
   • Her memory will live on through her art.
   • The tradition lives on in many rural communities.

   Sinônimosabidecontinueendurelastpersistprevailremainsurvive

Verbo baselive