perpetuar
Portuguese, verb/peʁ.pe.tuˈa(ʁ)/
perpetuar is spelled P-E-R-P-E-T-U-A-R (9 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 26,665th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perpetuar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to perpetuate (make perpetual)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar perpétuo”.
What does perpetuar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to perpetuate (make perpetual)
- 2
to perpetuate (prolong the existence of)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar perpétuo
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 perpetuar
- perpetuo first-person present singular
- perpetuei first-person preterite singular
- perpetuado participle past
- perpetuares infinitive second-person singular
- perpetuarmos first-person infinitive plural
- perpetuardes infinitive plural second-person
- perpetuarem infinitive plural third-person
- perpetuando gerund
- perpetuados masculine participle past
- perpetuada feminine participle past
- perpetuadas feminine participle past
- perpetuas indicative present second-person
- perpetua indicative present singular
- perpetuamos first-person indicative plural
- perpetuais indicative plural present
- perpetuam indicative plural present
- perpetuava first-person imperfect indicative
- perpetuavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perpetuar?
- Brazil /peʁ.pe.tuˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [peh.pe.tuˈa(h)]
- Brazil /peʁ.peˈtwa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to perpetuar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perpetuar in Portuguese?
perpetuar appears 1.5 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).