perseverar
Spanish, verb/peɾsebeˈɾaɾ/
perseverar is spelled P-E-R-S-E-V-E-R-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 42,307th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perseverar is a Spanish verb meaning “to persevere” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mostrar firmeza en el mantenimiento de una acción, actitud u opinión”.
What does perseverar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to persevere
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mostrar firmeza en el mantenimiento de una acción, actitud u opinión. 2. Permanecer, durar en el tiempo.
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 perseverar
- persevero first-person present singular
- perseveré first-person preterite singular
- perseverado participle past
- perseverando gerund
- perseverada feminine participle past
- perseverados masculine participle past
- perseveradas feminine participle past
- perseveras indicative informal present
- perseverás indicative informal present
- persevera indicative present singular
- perseveramos first-person indicative plural
- perseveráis indicative plural present
- perseveran indicative plural present
- perseveraba first-person imperfect indicative
- perseverabas imperfect indicative second-person
- perseverábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- perseverabais imperfect indicative plural
- perseveraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perseverar?
- /peɾsebeˈɾaɾ/
- [peɾ.se.β̞eˈɾaɾ]
- [peɾseβ̞eˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to perseverar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perseverar in Spanish?
perseverar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).