perpetua
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
perpetua
- inflection of perpetuar:
Galician edit
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perpetua
Ido edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
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perpetua
Derived terms edit
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Named after Perpetua, Don Abbondio's gossipy servant from Alessandro Manzoni's The Betrothed.
Noun edit
perpetua f (plural perpetue)
- a priest's housekeeper
- Hypernyms: domestica, donna di servizio, governante
- (by extension, humorous) an aged talkative housekeeper
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
perpetua
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
perpetua
- inflection of perpetuare:
Latin edit
Adjective edit
perpetua
- inflection of perpetuus:
References edit
- “perpetua”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -uɐ
- Hyphenation: per‧pe‧tu‧a
Adjective edit
perpetua
Verb edit
perpetua
- inflection of perpetuar:
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French perpétuer, from Latin perpetuare.
Verb edit
a perpetua (third-person singular present perpetuează, past participle perpetuat) 1st conj.
- to perpetuate
Conjugation edit
conjugation of perpetua (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive | a perpetua | ||||||
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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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
perpetua f (plural perpetuas)
Adjective edit
perpetua
Further reading edit
- “perpetuo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014