Meaning
to persevere, persist
- to continue steadfastly in a course of action despite difficulty
- to persist obstinately in an attitude, belief, or mistake
In a sentence
Sbagliare è umano, ma perseverare nell'errore è da stolti.
To err is human, but to persist in the error is foolish.
Nonostante i fallimenti iniziali, ha deciso di perseverare verso il suo traguardo.
Despite the initial failures, she decided to persevere toward her goal.
È fondamentale perseverare nello studio per ottenere ottimi risultati.
It is essential to persevere in one's studies to achieve excellent results.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| perseverare | infinitive |
| persevero | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| perseveri | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| persevera | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| perseveriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| perseverate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| perseverano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| perseveravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| perseveravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| perseverava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| perseveravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| perseveravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| perseveravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| perseverai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| perseverasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| perseverò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| perseverammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| perseveraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| perseverarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| persevererò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| persevererai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| persevererà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| persevereremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| persevererete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| persevereranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| perseveri | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| perseveri | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| perseveri | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| perseveriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| perseveriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| perseverino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| perseverassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| perseverassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| perseverasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| perseverassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| perseveraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| perseverassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| persevererei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| persevereresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| persevererebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| persevereremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| perseverereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| persevererebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| persevera | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| perseveriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| perseverate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| perseverando | gerund |
| perseverato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Typically takes the preposition 'in' when specifying what one persists in (e.g. perseverare nell'errore).