permanecer
Spanish, verb/peɾmaneˈθeɾ/
permanecer is a Spanish verb meaning “to stay, remain, stand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conservar el estado, continuar la situación sin cambios”.
What does permanecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stay, remain, stand
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Conservar el estado, continuar la situación sin cambios.
verb: 1. Conservar la existencia, perdurar. 2. Subsistir con relación a algo que desapareció.
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 permanecer
- permanezco first-person present singular
- permanecí first-person preterite singular
- permanecido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- permaneciendo gerund
- permanecida feminine participle past
- permanecidos masculine participle past
- permanecidas feminine participle past
- permaneces indicative informal present
- permanecés indicative informal present
- permanece indicative present singular
- permanecemos first-person indicative plural
- permanecéis indicative plural present
- permanecen indicative plural present
- permanecía first-person imperfect indicative
- permanecías imperfect indicative second-person
- permanecíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- permanecíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce permanecer?
- /peɾmaneˈθeɾ/
- [peɾ.ma.neˈθeɾ]
- /peɾmaneˈseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to permanecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is permanecer in Spanish?
permanecer appears 19 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).