perpetuo
Spanish, adjective
perpetuo is spelled P-E-R-P-E-T-U-O (8 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 21,921st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perpetuo is a Spanish adjective meaning “perpetual” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, perpetúo is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of perpetuar”. With an accent, perpetuó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of perpetuar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que dura y permanece para siempre”.
What does perpetuo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
perpetual
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of perpetuar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of perpetuar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que dura y permanece para siempre. 2. Se aplica a ciertos cargos vitalicios, ya se obtengan por herencia, ya por elección.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of perpetuo
- perpetua feminine
- perpetuos masculine plural
- perpetuas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to perpetuo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perpetuo in Spanish?
perpetuo appears 2.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).