persistente
Portuguese, adjective/peʁ.sisˈtẽ.t͡ʃi/
persistente is spelled P-E-R-S-I-S-T-E-N-T-E (11 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,534th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Persistente is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “persistent (refusing to give up or yield)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que persiste”.
What does persistente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepersistent (refusing to give up or yield)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que persiste 2. tenaz 3. duradouro 4. folha que não cai durante as estações frias
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 persistente
- persistentes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce persistente?
- Brazil /peʁ.sisˈtẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [peh.sisˈtẽ.t͡ʃi]
- /peɾ.sisˈtẽ.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to persistente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is persistente in Portuguese?
persistente appears 3.9 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).