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How do you pronounce "viver" in Portuguese (Portugal)?
Sounds like "vee-VAIR" — a clear "vee" first syllable, with stress on the second.
Stress falls on the second -ver; unlike many unstressed vowels in EP, the unstressed i in vi- stays close to a full "ee" sound.
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Vivo em Lisboa.
I live in Lisbon.
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"Vivo em Lisboa" ("I live in Lisbon") uses em for "in" with a city name, without needing a contracted article since Lisboa doesn't take one. Vivo is the plain first-person present of viver, used for stating where one resides as an ongoing fact of life. Lisboa is stressed on the second syllable (Lis-BO-a), which English speakers often get wrong by stressing the first syllable as in the English name "Lisbon".
Where English speakers slip
Learners often mispronounce Lisboa itself with English stress patterns; it should be lish-BO-uh, with the s sounding like "sh" and stress on the middle syllable. For viver, the main trap is rushing both syllables equally — the first vi- should stay clear and unstressed while the full stress and vowel quality lands distinctly on -ver.