perpetua
Portuguese, verb
perpetua is spelled P-E-R-P-E-T-U-A (8 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,325th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perpetua is a Portuguese verb meaning “third-person singular present indicative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of perpetuo. With an accent, perpétua is a different word: “feminine singular of perpétuo”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo perpetuar”.
What does perpetua mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of perpetuo
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of perpétuo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta do gênero Helichrysum
noun: 1. prenome feminino
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo perpetuar
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.
How common is perpetua in Portuguese?
perpetua appears 6.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).