vivito y coleando
Spanish
Etymology
From vivito, a diminutive of vivo (“alive”), + coleando, from colear (“to wriggle, wag the tail”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biˌbito i koleˈando/ [biˌβ̞i.t̪o i ko.leˈãn̪.d̪o]
- Syllabification: vi‧vi‧to y co‧le‧an‧do
Adjective
vivito y coleando (feminine vivita y coleando, masculine plural vivitos y coleando, feminine plural vivitas y coleando)
- (idiomatic) alive and kicking
- Synonym: vivo y coleando
Further reading
- “vivito, ta y coleando”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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