perpetua

See also: perpetuá, perpetúa, perpétua, perpetuà, perpètua, and Perpetua

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pər.pəˈtu.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [peɾ.peˈtu.a]

Verb

perpetua

1. inflection of perpetuar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Adjective

perpetua

1. feminine singular of perpetuo

Ido

Etymology

Latin perpetuus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /perˈpetua/

Adjective

perpetua

1. perpetual

Derived terms

• perpetueso

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /perˈpɛ.tu.a/, /perˈpɛ.twa/
• Rhymes: -ɛtua, -ɛtwa
• Hyphenation: per‧pè‧tu‧a, per‧pè‧tua

Etymology 1

Named after Perpetua, Don Abbondio's gossipy servant from Alessandro Manzoni's The Betrothed.

Noun

perpetua f (plural perpetue)

1. a priest's housekeeper

   Hypernyms: domestica, donna di servizio, governante

2. (by extension, humorous) an aged talkative housekeeper

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

perpetua

1. feminine singular of perpetuo

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

perpetua

1. inflection of perpetuare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Adjective

perpetua

1. inflection of perpetuus:
   1. nominative/vocative/ablative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

References

• “perpetua”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.peˈtu.ɐ/ [peh.peˈtu.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.peˈtu.ɐ/ [peh.peˈtu.ɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾ.peˈtu.ɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁ.peˈtu.ɐ/ [peχ.peˈtu.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɻ.peˈtu.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.pɨˈtu.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -uɐ
• Hyphenation: per‧pe‧tu‧a

Adjective

perpetua

1. feminine singular of perpetuo

Verb

perpetua

1. inflection of perpetuar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French perpétuer, from Latin perpetuare.

Verb

a perpetua (third-person singular present perpetuează, past participle perpetuat) 1st conj.

1. to perpetuate

Conjugation

    conjugation of perpetua (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a perpetua
gerund			perpetuând
past participle			perpetuat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	perpetuez	perpetuezi	perpetuează	perpetuăm	perpetuați	perpetuează
	imperfect	perpetuam	perpetuai	perpetua	perpetuam	perpetuați	perpetuau
	simple perfect	perpetuai	perpetuași	perpetuă	perpetuarăm	perpetuarăți	perpetuară
	pluperfect	perpetuasem	perpetuaseși	perpetuase	perpetuaserăm	perpetuaserăți	perpetuaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să perpetuez	să perpetuezi	să perpetueze	să perpetuăm	să perpetuați	să perpetueze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		perpetuează			perpetuați
	negative		nu perpetua			nu perpetuați

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾˈpetwa/ [peɾˈpe.t̪wa]
• Rhymes: -etwa
• Syllabification: per‧pe‧tua

Noun

perpetua f (plural perpetuas)

1. globe amaranth
2. helichrysum

Adjective

perpetua

1. feminine singular of perpetuo

Further reading

• “perpetuo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28