La palabra del día: "residir"
residir ( reh-see-deer' )
verb ( to reside, to live (in) )
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Examples:
1. Nací en Venezuela, pero resido ahora en Miami.
I was born in Venezuela, but now I live in Miami.
2. Él reside en un apartamento en uno de esos rascacielos en el centro de la ciudad.
He lives in an apartment in one of those skyscrapers downtown.
11 Answers
Crecí en el estado Illinois en EE.UU, pero resido en Austin desde hace veinte años.
I grew up in the state of Illinois in the United States, but have been living in Austin for 20 years.
Yo residí durante muchos años en los trópicos, y ahora quiero volver a vivir allá.
For many years i resided in the tropics, and now I want to return there to live.
Me gustaría residir en la ciudad de Barcelona.
I would love to live in the city of Barcelona.
He residido en muchos lugares por ejemplo Illinois, Monatana, Mass, New York, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin y ahora Florida.
I have lived in many places for example Illinois, Montana, Mass, New York, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin and now Florida.
Voy a residir en San Francisco tan pronto como me convierta en multimillonario.
I'm going to reside in San Francisco as soon as I become a billionaire.
I have resided in two hemispheres.
He residido en dos hemisferios.
Cuando se puede residir donde está su corazón, que ha encontrado su casa.
When you can live where your heart is, you have found your home.
To live in the best of all possible worlds is my goal. Mi meta es residir en el mejor de todos los posibles mundos.
Todo el mundo tiene que residir en algun lugar. Estoy muy contento de vivir con mi familia en paz en cualquiera ubicación.
Everyone must reside somewhere. I am very content to live with my family in peace in any location.
Mi lugar favorito para residir es Florida
My favorite place to live is Florida
I wanted to tell all of you that "vivir" and "residir" mean the same, but "vivir" is used a lot more often than "residir". Residir is more formal. To fill out any paperwork, they ask for your "Lugar de residencia" not "Lugar donde vives".
When you apply for a residence permit, you do a "Permiso de residencia" , not "Permiso de vivir/vivencia". So, if you talk very formal in Spanish, you use "residir", but most of the people would use "vivir". I hope I explained it well.
Para las conversaciones diarias se usa "vivir". Ejemplo: Yo he vivido en Texas por 15 años.. Para conversaciones más formales o "elegantes", se usa "residir".
