perpétuo
Portuguese, adjective
perpétuo is spelled P-E-R-P-É-T-U-O (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 31,685th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perpétuo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “perpetual, everlasting, eternal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, perpetuo is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of perpetuar”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “eterno, ininterrupto”.
What does perpétuo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
perpetual, everlasting, eternal
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of perpetuar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. eterno, ininterrupto 2. que é inalterável, estável 3. cargo vitalício
noun: 1. prenome masculino
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 perpétuo
- perpétua feminine
- perpétuos masculine plural
- perpétuas feminine plural
- perpetuo alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to perpétuo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perpétuo in Portuguese?
perpétuo appears 1.1 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).