perpetuo

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

perpetuo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of perpetuar

Galician

Etymology

From Latin perpetuus.

Adjective

perpetuo (feminine perpetua, masculine plural perpetuos, feminine plural perpetuas)

  1. perpetual

Derived terms

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /perˈpɛ.tu.o/, /perˈpɛ.two/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛtuo, -ɛtwo
  • Hyphenation: per‧pè‧tu‧o, per‧pè‧tuo

Etymology 1

From Latin perpetuus.

Adjective

perpetuo (feminine perpetua, masculine plural perpetui, feminine plural perpetue)

  1. perpetual

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

perpetuo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of perpetuare

References

  1. ^ perpetuo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From perpetuus (perpetual, continuous) +‎ .

Alternative forms

Adverb

perpetuō (not comparable)

  1. constantly
  2. perpetually
  3. merrilly

Etymology 2

From perpetuus (perpetual, continuous) +‎ .

Verb

perpetuō (present infinitive perpetuāre, perfect active perpetuāvī, supine perpetuātum); first conjugation

  1. 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

  1. 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)

  1. obsolete spelling of perpétuo

Etymology 2

Verb

perpetuo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of perpetuar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin perpetuus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peɾˈpetwo/ [peɾˈpe.t̪wo]
  • Rhymes: -etwo
  • Syllabification: per‧pe‧tuo

Adjective

perpetuo (feminine perpetua, masculine plural perpetuos, feminine plural perpetuas)

  1. perpetual

Derived terms

Further reading