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vivito y coleando
Language:
es
1.
Spain
Latin America
colloquial
Literally, alive and wriggling or vigorous.
2.
Spain
Latin America
informal
colloquial
emphatic
Figuratively, to be very much alive and well; to have survived an ordeal or be unexpectedly still active.
Examples:
ES:
Está vivito y coleando, se lo aseguro.
EN:
He's alive and kicking, I tell you.
ES:
- Está vivito y coleando.
EN:
- He's alive and kicking.
ES:
¡Y que está vivito y coleando!
EN:
And that it stays alive for a lifetime!
ES:
- Su joven amigo está vivito y coleando.
EN:
- Your fine young man is alive and kicking.
ES:
Y aquí estáis vivito y coleando.
EN:
And here you are alive and kicking me.
ES:
No te pelees conmigo si quieres seguir vivito y coleando.
EN:
No, John. Don't you fight with me. If you want to keep your health.
ES:
Pues ya lo ves, vivito y coleando.
EN:
You see? He's alive and kicking.
ES:
Sigo vivito y coleando, pero eso no es culpa tuya.
EN:
I'm still alive and kicking, but that ain't no fault of yours.
ES:
Pues ya ves, vivito y coleando.
EN:
No, Frieda, I'm here, and very much alive.
ES:
Escucha, ese tipo está vivito y coleando.
EN:
This guy seems to be very much alive.
ES:
Los hechos dicen que no murió en China, y sí había un hermano. ¡Y todavía vive! Está vivito y coleando.
EN:
Fact has it that he didn't die in China and there was a brother, still is, very much alive, very much kicking.
ES:
Claro, vivito y coleando.
EN:
Of course I am.
ES:
Dado que Sir Mark Loddon está aquí vivito y coleando.
EN:
Since Sir Mark Loddon is here alive and well.
ES:
Lo que me sorprende, estimado Delmas, es que esté aquí, vivito y coleando, después de esa visita.
EN:
That doesn't surprise me, my dear Delmas. But seeing you alive after that visit so soon after that visit does.
ES:
, esta vivito y coleando.
EN:
He's just as good as new.
ES:
Mírame, me daban por muerto y aquí me tienes, vivito y coleando.
EN:
Look at me! They gave me up for dead, and I'm here, more alive than before!
ES:
Es un perro vivito y coleando.
EN:
That's not a toy.
ES:
Este estaba vivito y coleando.
EN:
Well, this one was living, all right.
ES:
- Crustash está vivito y coleando.
EN:
- Crustash is alive and kicking.
ES:
¡Lo principal es que estoy vivito y coleando!
EN:
The important thing, I'm alive!
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