life

n (pl lives)

• 1 c u vida (f) animal/plant life = vida animal/vegetal in later life = más tarde or más adelante it brings the history of this period to life = hace cobrar vida a este período de la historia to bring sb back to life = resucitar a algn to come to life [party] = animarse; [puppet] = cobrar vida he was fighting for his life = se debatía entre la vida y la muerte to have the time of one's life = divertirse* como nunca run for your lives! = ¡sálvese quien pueda! to save sb's life = salvarle la vida a algn to be the life o (esp BrE) the life and soul of the party = ser* el alma de la fiesta to live the life of Riley = darse* la gran vida to take one's life in one's hands = jugarse* la vida (before n) [member/president] vitalicio his life story = la historia de su vida

• 2 u (duration — of battery) duración (f); (— of agreement) vigencia (f)

• 3 u (imprisonment) (colloq) cadena (f) perpetua