perpetuo
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [pər.pəˈtu.u]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [pər.pəˈtu.o]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [peɾ.peˈtu.o]
Verb
perpetuo
- first-person singular present indicative of perpetuar
Galician
Etymology
Adjective
perpetuo (feminine perpetua, masculine plural perpetuos, feminine plural perpetuas)
Derived terms
Related terms
- perpetuar
- perpetuidade
Further reading
- “perpetuo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /perˈpɛ.tu.o/, /perˈpɛ.two/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛtuo, -ɛtwo
- Hyphenation: per‧pè‧tu‧o, per‧pè‧tuo
Etymology 1
Adjective
perpetuo (feminine perpetua, masculine plural perpetui, feminine plural perpetue)
Related terms
- moto perpetuo
- perpetuamente
- perpetuità
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
perpetuo
- first-person singular present indicative of perpetuare
References
- ^ perpetuo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛrˈpɛ.tu.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [perˈpɛː.t̪u.o]
Etymology 1
From perpetuus (“perpetual, continuous”) + -ō.
Alternative forms
Adverb
perpetuō (not comparable)
Etymology 2
From perpetuus (“perpetual, continuous”) + -ō.
Verb
perpetuō (present infinitive perpetuāre, perfect active perpetuāvī, supine perpetuātum); first conjugation
- To cause to continue uninterruptedly, to proceed with continually, to make perpetual, perpetuate
Conjugation
1At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
Synonyms
Descendants
- English: perpetuate
- French: perpétuer
Etymology 3
Inflected form perpetuus.
Adjective
perpetuō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of perpetuus
References
- “perpetuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “perpetuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perpetuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Adjective
perpetuo (feminine perpetua, masculine plural perpetuos, feminine plural perpetuas)
- obsolete spelling of perpétuo
Etymology 2
Verb
perpetuo
- first-person singular present indicative of perpetuar
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peɾˈpetwo/ [peɾˈpe.t̪wo]
- Rhymes: -etwo
- Syllabification: per‧pe‧tuo
Adjective
perpetuo (feminine perpetua, masculine plural perpetuos, feminine plural perpetuas)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “perpetuo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024