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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

vive e deixa viver

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈvivi i ˈdejʃɐ viˈveɾ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Live-and-let-live/ˌlɪv.ənˌlɛt ˈlɪv/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Eles levam a vida na base do vive e deixa viver."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Characterized by a tolerant, non-interfering attitude toward the behaviors, beliefs, or lifestyle of others.

    "The neighborhood maintains a live-and-let-live atmosphere where everyone respects each other's privacy."
As noun
  1. 1

    A policy or principle of mutual accommodation and forbearance.

    "Their relationship is based on a strict live-and-let-live that avoids unnecessary conflicts."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Originating in the mid-17th century from the imperative clauses 'live and let live', reflecting an ethos of mutual tolerance and peaceful coexistence. The phrase gained widespread currency through its philosophical application in social relationships and its famous adoption during informal truces in trench warfare during World War I.

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