Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | perpetúo | |
| tú | perpetúas | |
| él / ella / usted | perpetúa | |
| nosotros / nosotras | perpetuamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | perpetuáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | perpetúan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | perpetué | |
| tú | perpetuaste | |
| él / ella / usted | perpetuó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | perpetuamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | perpetuasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | perpetuaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | perpetuaba | |
| tú | perpetuabas | |
| él / ella / usted | perpetuaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | perpetuábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | perpetuabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | perpetuaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | perpetuaré | |
| tú | perpetuarás | |
| él / ella / usted | perpetuará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | perpetuaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | perpetuaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | perpetuarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | perpetuaría | |
| tú | perpetuarías | |
| él / ella / usted | perpetuaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | perpetuaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | perpetuaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | perpetuarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | perpetúe | |
| tú | perpetúes | |
| él / ella / usted | perpetúe | |
| nosotros / nosotras | perpetuemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | perpetuéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | perpetúen |
Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.
Meaning & usage
- to perpetuate
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Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations