malvivir

v.

1 to live badly, to scrape together an existence.

2 to scrape a living, to live badly, to scrape along.

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malvivir

► verbo intransitivo

1 to live very badly, eke out a living, get by

■ no tenemos más que para malvivir we've only just got enough to get by on

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FRASEOLOGÍA

de malvivir (persona) shady, unsavoury

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VI to live badly, live poorly

malviven de lo que pueden — they scrape by as best they can

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verbo intransitivo

lo que gana apenas le da para malvivir — what he earns is barely enough to survive on

ahora malviven en un apartamento en Bogotá — now they're struggling to make ends meet in an apartment in Bogotá

un hombre de malvivir — an unsavory character

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= eke out + a living, scratch (out) + a living, scrape + a living, eke out + an existence.

Ex. He represents not only hard-pressed immigrants and their plight but also everyone else eking out a living on the street corners of cities.

Ex. David keeps at his pushcart, scratching out a living even in the dead of winter -- meanwhile, Rose secretly visits Sammy to watch out for him.

Ex. A recent report finds that small business owners who employ five or less staff are, on average, barely scraping a living from all their effort.

Ex. In thus eking out an existence, however, the washerwoman was very important for the survival of her family.

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verbo intransitivo

lo que gana apenas le da para malvivir — what he earns is barely enough to survive on

ahora malviven en un apartamento en Bogotá — now they're struggling to make ends meet in an apartment in Bogotá

un hombre de malvivir — an unsavory character

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= eke out + a living, scratch (out) + a living, scrape + a living, eke out + an existence.

Ex: He represents not only hard-pressed immigrants and their plight but also everyone else eking out a living on the street corners of cities.

Ex: David keeps at his pushcart, scratching out a living even in the dead of winter -- meanwhile, Rose secretly visits Sammy to watch out for him.

Ex: A recent report finds that small business owners who employ five or less staff are, on average, barely scraping a living from all their effort.

Ex: In thus eking out an existence, however, the washerwoman was very important for the survival of her family.

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malvivir [I1 ]

vi

lo que gana apenas le da para malvivir what he earns is barely enough to survive on

ahora malviven en un apartamento en Bogotá now they're struggling to make ends meet in an apartment in Bogotá

un hombre de malvivir an unsavory character

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malvivir verbo intransitivo to live badly
'malvivir' also found in these entries:
English:
exist

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malvivir vi

to live badly, to scrape together an existence;

malvivía de las limosnas he scraped a living by begging;

malvive con un sueldo mísero he scrapes by on starvation wages

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malvivir

v/i scrape by

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malvivir vi

: to live badly, to just scrape by