Significato di life in italiano

• 0 the time between a person’s birth and his or her death -- vita

  • He had a happy life. Ha avuto una vita felice.

  • Do you want to spend the rest of your life with him? Vuoi passare il resto della vita con lui?

• 1 living things, such as animals and plants -- vita

  • human life la vita umana

  • Is there life in outer space? C’è vita nello spazio?

• 2 a way of living -- vita

  • You lead an exciting life. Vivi una vita eccitante.

• 3 a particular part of someone’s life -- vita

  • my working life la mia vita lavorativa

  • a fulfilling sex life una vita sessuale appagante

• 4 the state of being alive -- vita

  • She was badly injured, but the doctor saved her life. È stata gravemente ferita ma il medico le ha salvato la vita.

• 5 energy and activity -- vita

  • Like all small children, she was always so full of life. Come tutti i bambini piccoli, era sempre così piena di vita.

• 6 something you say that means bad things happen and you cannot stop them -- così è la vita

  • You don’t get everything you want, but that’s life, isn’t it? Non si ottiene tutto quello che si vuole ma così è la vita, no?

• 7 to do something that is very dangerous, especially where you risk death -- rischiare la vita

  • Every time you go parachuting you’re taking your life in your hands. Ogni volta che ti lanci dal paracadute rischi la vita.

• 8 the quality belonging to plants and animals which distinguishes them from rocks, minerals etc and things which are dead -- vita

  • Doctors are fighting to save the child’s life.

• 9 the period between birth and death -- vita

  • He had a long and happy life.

• 10 liveliness -- vita

  • She was full of life and energy.

• 11 a manner of living -- vita

  • She lived a life of ease and idleness.

• 12 the period during which any particular state exists -- vita

  • He had many different jobs during his working life.

• 13 living things -- vita

  • It is now believed that there may be life on Mars

  • animal life.

• 14 the story of a life -- biografia

  • He has written a life of Churchill.

• 15 life imprisonment -- ergastolo

  • He was given life for murder.