🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

medio de subsistencia

Pronunciation / Transliteration: medio de subsistencia

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Livelihood/ˈlɪv.lih.ʊd/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Muchas personas dependen de la agricultura como medio de subsistencia."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A means of securing the necessities of life, such as food and shelter.

    "Many people depend on agriculture as their primary livelihood."
  2. 2

    The financial means whereby one sustains life.

    "After losing his job, he struggled to find a new livelihood."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'livelihood' originates from the Old English 'līflād', which combines 'līf' meaning 'life' and 'lād' meaning 'way' or 'course'. Over centuries, it evolved to denote the means of securing the necessities of life.

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