perpetuar

perpetuar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin perpetuāre, present active infinitive of perpetuō.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /pəɾ.pə.tuˈa/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /pər.pə.tuˈa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /peɾ.pe.tuˈaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

perpetuar (first-person singular present perpetuo, past participle perpetuat)

1. to perpetuate

Conjugation

Conjugation of perpetuar (first conjugation)

infinitive			perpetuar
present participle			perpetuant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		perpetuat		perpetuada
		plural		perpetuats		perpetuades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	perpetuo	perpetues	perpetua	perpetuem	perpetueu	perpetuen
	imperfect	perpetuava	perpetuaves	perpetuava	perpetuàvem	perpetuàveu	perpetuaven
	future	perpetuaré	perpetuaràs	perpetuarà	perpetuarem	perpetuareu	perpetuaran
	preterite	perpetuí	perpetuares	perpetuà	perpetuàrem	perpetuàreu	perpetuaren
	conditional	perpetuaria	perpetuaries	perpetuaria	perpetuaríem	perpetuaríeu	perpetuarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	perpetuï	perpetuïs	perpetuï	perpetuem	perpetueu	perpetuïn
	imperfect	perpetués	perpetuessis	perpetués	perpetuéssim	perpetuéssiu	perpetuessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	perpetua	perpetuï	perpetuem	perpetueu	perpetuïn

Related terms

• perpetu, perpetual

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin perpetuāre.

Verb

perpetuar (first-person singular present perpetuo, first-person singular preterite perpetuei, past participle perpetuado)

1. (transitive) to perpetuate (make perpetual)
2. (transitive) to perpetuate (prolong the existence of)
3. inflection of perpetuar:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

Conjugation

    Conjugation of perpetuar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	perpetuar
Personal	perpetuar	perpetuares	perpetuar	perpetuarmos	perpetuardes	perpetuarem
Gerund
	perpetuando
Past participle
Masculine	perpetuado			perpetuados
Feminine	perpetuada			perpetuadas
Indicative
Present	perpetuo	perpetuas	perpetua	perpetuamos	perpetuais	perpetuam
Imperfect	perpetuava	perpetuavas	perpetuava	perpetuávamos	perpetuáveis	perpetuavam
Preterite	perpetuei	perpetuaste	perpetuou	perpetuamos1, perpetuámos2	perpetuastes	perpetuaram
Pluperfect	perpetuara	perpetuaras	perpetuara	perpetuáramos	perpetuáreis	perpetuaram
Future	perpetuarei	perpetuarás	perpetuará	perpetuaremos	perpetuareis	perpetuarão
Conditional
	perpetuaria	perpetuarias	perpetuaria	perpetuaríamos	perpetuaríeis	perpetuariam
Subjunctive
Present	perpetue	perpetues	perpetue	perpetuemos	perpetueis	perpetuem
Imperfect	perpetuasse	perpetuasses	perpetuasse	perpetuássemos	perpetuásseis	perpetuassem
Future	perpetuar	perpetuares	perpetuar	perpetuarmos	perpetuardes	perpetuarem
Imperative
Affirmative		perpetua	perpetue	perpetuemos	perpetuai	perpetuem
Negative (não)		não perpetues	não perpetue	não perpetuemos	não perpetueis	não perpetuem

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin perpetuāre, present active infinitive of perpetuō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾpeˈtwaɾ/ [peɾ.peˈt̪waɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: per‧pe‧tuar

Verb

perpetuar (first-person singular present perpetúo, first-person singular preterite perpetué, past participle perpetuado)

1. to perpetuate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of perpetuar (u-ú alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			perpetuar
gerund			perpetuando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		perpetuado		perpetuada
		plural		perpetuados		perpetuadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	perpetúo	perpetúastú perpetuásvos	perpetúa	perpetuamos	perpetuáis	perpetúan
	imperfect	perpetuaba	perpetuabas	perpetuaba	perpetuábamos	perpetuabais	perpetuaban
	preterite	perpetué	perpetuaste	perpetuó	perpetuamos	perpetuasteis	perpetuaron
	future	perpetuaré	perpetuarás	perpetuará	perpetuaremos	perpetuaréis	perpetuarán
	conditional	perpetuaría	perpetuarías	perpetuaría	perpetuaríamos	perpetuaríais	perpetuarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	perpetúe	perpetúestú perpetuésvos2	perpetúe	perpetuemos	perpetuéis	perpetúen
	imperfect (ra)	perpetuara	perpetuaras	perpetuara	perpetuáramos	perpetuarais	perpetuaran
	imperfect (se)	perpetuase	perpetuases	perpetuase	perpetuásemos	perpetuaseis	perpetuasen
	future1	perpetuare	perpetuares	perpetuare	perpetuáremos	perpetuareis	perpetuaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		perpetúatú perpetuávos	perpetúe	perpetuemos	perpetuad	perpetúen
	negative		no perpetúes	no perpetúe	no perpetuemos	no perpetuéis	no perpetúen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of perpetuar (u-ú alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive perpetuar
	dative	perpetuarme	perpetuarte	perpetuarle, perpetuarse	perpetuarnos	perpetuaros	perpetuarles, perpetuarse
	accusative	perpetuarme	perpetuarte	perpetuarlo, perpetuarla, perpetuarse	perpetuarnos	perpetuaros	perpetuarlos, perpetuarlas, perpetuarse
with gerund perpetuando
	dative	perpetuándome	perpetuándote	perpetuándole, perpetuándose	perpetuándonos	perpetuándoos	perpetuándoles, perpetuándose
	accusative	perpetuándome	perpetuándote	perpetuándolo, perpetuándola, perpetuándose	perpetuándonos	perpetuándoos	perpetuándolos, perpetuándolas, perpetuándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative perpetúa
	dative	perpetúame	perpetúate	perpetúale	perpetúanos	not used	perpetúales
	accusative	perpetúame	perpetúate	perpetúalo, perpetúala	perpetúanos	not used	perpetúalos, perpetúalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative perpetuá
	dative	perpetuame	perpetuate	perpetuale	perpetuanos	not used	perpetuales
	accusative	perpetuame	perpetuate	perpetualo, perpetuala	perpetuanos	not used	perpetualos, perpetualas
with formal second-person singular imperative perpetúe
	dative	perpetúeme	not used	perpetúele, perpetúese	perpetúenos	not used	perpetúeles
	accusative	perpetúeme	not used	perpetúelo, perpetúela, perpetúese	perpetúenos	not used	perpetúelos, perpetúelas
with first-person plural imperative perpetuemos
	dative	not used	perpetuémoste	perpetuémosle	perpetuémonos	perpetuémoos	perpetuémosles
	accusative	not used	perpetuémoste	perpetuémoslo, perpetuémosla	perpetuémonos	perpetuémoos	perpetuémoslos, perpetuémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative perpetuad
	dative	perpetuadme	not used	perpetuadle	perpetuadnos	perpetuaos	perpetuadles
	accusative	perpetuadme	not used	perpetuadlo, perpetuadla	perpetuadnos	perpetuaos	perpetuadlos, perpetuadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative perpetúen
	dative	perpetúenme	not used	perpetúenle	perpetúennos	not used	perpetúenles, perpetúense
	accusative	perpetúenme	not used	perpetúenlo, perpetúenla	perpetúennos	not used	perpetúenlos, perpetúenlas, perpetúense

Related terms

• perpetuo

Further reading

• “perpetuar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014