Viva, vive, and vivat are interjections used in the Romance languages. "Viva" in Spanish (plural '), Portuguese, and Italian (Also '. in plural is rare), "Vive" in French, and "Vivat" in Latin (plural ) are subjunctive forms of the verb "to live". Being the third-person (singular or plural agreeing with the subject), subjunctive present conjugation, the terms express a hope on the part of the speaker that another should live. Thus, they mean "(may) he/she/it/they live!" (the word "may" is implied by the subjunctive mood) and are usually translated to English as "long live".