perpetua

== Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [pər.pəˈtu.ə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [peɾ.peˈtu.a] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [per.peˈtu.a] === Verb === perpetua inflection of perpetuar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Galician == === Adjective === perpetua feminine singular of perpetuo == Ido == === Etymology === Latin perpetuus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /perˈpetua/ === Adjective === perpetua 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) a priest's housekeeper Hypernyms: domestica, donna di servizio, governante (by extension, humorous) an aged talkative housekeeper === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== perpetua feminine singular of perpetuo === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== perpetua inflection of perpetuare: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Latin == === Adjective === perpetua inflection of perpetuus: nominative/vocative/ablative feminine singular 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 === Rhymes: -uɐ Hyphenation: per‧pe‧tu‧a === Adjective === perpetua feminine singular of perpetuo === Verb === perpetua inflection of perpetuar: third-person singular present indicative 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 conjugation to perpetuate ==== Conjugation ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /peɾˈpetwa/ [peɾˈpe.t̪wa] Rhymes: -etwa Syllabification: per‧pe‧tua === Noun === perpetua f (plural perpetuas) globe amaranth helichrysum === Adjective === perpetua feminine singular of perpetuo === Further reading === “perpetuo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025