perdurar
Portuguese, verb/peʁ.duˈɾa(ʁ)/
perdurar is spelled P-E-R-D-U-R-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,483rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perdurar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to last, persist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “durar muito; ter longa duração”.
What does perdurar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to last, persist
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durar muito; ter longa duração 2. permanecer como recordação
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of perdurar
- perduro first-person present singular
- perdurei first-person preterite singular
- perdurado participle past
- perdurares infinitive second-person singular
- perdurarmos first-person infinitive plural
- perdurardes infinitive plural second-person
- perdurarem infinitive plural third-person
- perdurando gerund
- perdurados masculine participle past
- perdurada feminine participle past
- perduradas feminine participle past
- perduras indicative present second-person
- perdura indicative present singular
- perduramos first-person indicative plural
- perdurais indicative plural present
- perduram indicative plural present
- perdurava first-person imperfect indicative
- perduravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perdurar?
- Brazil /peʁ.duˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [peɦ.duˈɾa(h)]
- /peɾ.duˈɾa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is perdurar in Portuguese?
perdurar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).