afterlife

vida después de la muerte, vida de ultratumba

Vida que, según algunas creencias, continúa después de la muerte de una persona.

En inglés sencillo: A life that some people believe continues after a person dies.

• Do you believe in an afterlife?
• Her faith promised a peaceful afterlife.
• Different religions describe the afterlife in different ways.

Sinónimos: life after death

Expresiones frecuentes: an eternal afterlife, life and afterlife, believe in the afterlife

más allá, otro mundo

Lugar donde, según algunas creencias, van a vivir las personas que han muerto.

En inglés sencillo: The place where some people believe those who have died go to live.

• She hoped to meet him in the afterlife.
• The story follows a soul into the afterlife.
• They left gifts to help the dead reach the afterlife.

Sinónimos: next world, hereafter

Expresiones frecuentes: in the afterlife, enter the afterlife, reach the afterlife

legado, fama póstuma

Influencia de la obra o la reputación de alguien que continúa después de su muerte.

En inglés sencillo: The continuing effect of someone's work or reputation after they die.

• The poet enjoyed a long literary afterlife.
• Her afterlife rests on the schools she founded.
• His reputation had a troubled afterlife as new evidence emerged.

Sinónimos: legacy, posthumous influence

Expresiones frecuentes: literary afterlife, posthumous afterlife, afterlife of someone

vida posterior

Parte posterior de la vida de alguien, después de un acontecimiento o una etapa importante.

En inglés sencillo: The later part of someone's life, after an important event or period has ended.

• Retirement offered him a quiet afterlife.
• She described her years after divorce as a new afterlife.
• His political career ended, but his afterlife as a writer flourished.

Sinónimos: later life

Expresiones frecuentes: afterlife of retirement, a peaceful afterlife