żyć

Definitions

1. 1.
   to live (to be alive)

   • Ten gatunek nie żyje długo.

     This species doesn't live long.

2. 2.
   to live (to pass life in a specified manner)

   • Całe życie żyła w nędzy.

     She lived her whole life in poverty.

3. 3.
   to live (to make a living doing something; to maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to subsist)

   • Utraciwszy źródło utrzymania musiał żyć o chlebie i wodzie.

     Having lost his source of income, he had to live on bread and water.

4. 4.
   to live with (to be with someone in some conditions)

   • Wszyscy tutaj żyją ze sobą w zgodzie.

     Everyone here lives in harmony with each other.

5. 5.
   to live (to inhabit, to reside)

   • Tutejsi bezdomni żyją w kanałach.

     The local homeless live in the sewers.

6. 6.
   to live (to endure in memory; to escape oblivion)

   • Zmarły tragicznie przyjaciel żył w ich pamięci.

     Their tragically deceased friend lived in their memory.

7. 7.
   to live, to breathe (to entirely focus on)

   • On żyje piłką nożną.

     Football is his life./He breathes football.

8. 8.
   to have regular sexual relations with someone
9. 9.
   to live (to make the most of life)

   • Pragnę wreszcie zacząć żyć!

     I want to start living at last.

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