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perseverar conjugation

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Perseverar means ‘to persevere’. It is a regular -ar verb: persevero (present), perseveré (preterite), perseverado (past participle), perseverando (gerund).

Perseverar in use

  • Si perseveras, acabarás consiguiéndoloIf you persevere, you will get there in the end
  • Perseveró en su empeño hasta el finalShe persevered with her efforts to the very end
  • Hemos perseverado a pesar de los obstáculosWe have persevered in spite of the obstacles
On this pageIndicative

Indicative

Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality

Present

yopersevero
túperseveras
él/ella/ustedpersevera
nosotrosperseveramos
vosotrosperseveráis
ellos/ellas/ustedesperseveran
Regular
-ar verb: take the stem persever- and add the -ar endings.

Preterite

yoperseveré
túperseveraste
él/ella/ustedperseveró
nosotrosperseveramos
vosotrosperseverasteis
ellos/ellas/ustedesperseveraron

Imperfect

yoperseveraba
túperseverabas
él/ella/ustedperseveraba
nosotrosperseverábamos
vosotrosperseverabais
ellos/ellas/ustedesperseveraban

Future

yoperseveraré
túperseverarás
él/ella/ustedperseverará
nosotrosperseveraremos
vosotrosperseveraréis
ellos/ellas/ustedesperseverarán

Conditional

yoperseveraría
túperseverarías
él/ella/ustedperseveraría
nosotrosperseveraríamos
vosotrosperseveraríais
ellos/ellas/ustedesperseverarían
perseverando
used in the present progressive
perseverado
used in the perfect tenses

Present perfect, subjunctive and imperative

Present perfect

yohe perseverado
túhas perseverado
él/ella/ustedha perseverado
nosotroshemos perseverado
vosotroshabéis perseverado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshan perseverado

Present subjunctive

yopersevere
túperseveres
él/ella/ustedpersevere
nosotrosperseveremos
vosotrosperseveréis
ellos/ellas/ustedesperseveren

Imperative

yo-
túpersevera
él/ella/ustedpersevere
nosotrosperseveremos
vosotrosperseverad
ellos/ellas/ustedesperseveren

More tenses

The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive

The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.

Past perfect

yohabía perseverado
túhabías perseverado
él/ella/ustedhabía perseverado
nosotroshabíamos perseverado
vosotroshabíais perseverado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshabían perseverado

Future perfect

yohabré perseverado
túhabrás perseverado
él/ella/ustedhabrá perseverado
nosotroshabremos perseverado
vosotroshabréis perseverado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshabrán perseverado

Conditional perfect

yohabría perseverado
túhabrías perseverado
él/ella/ustedhabría perseverado
nosotroshabríamos perseverado
vosotroshabríais perseverado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshabrían perseverado

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

yoperseverara
túperseveraras
él/ella/ustedperseverara
nosotrosperseveráramos
vosotrosperseverarais
ellos/ellas/ustedesperseveraran

Imperfect subjunctive (-se)

Literary / Spain
yoperseverase
túperseverases
él/ella/ustedperseverase
nosotrosperseverásemos
vosotrosperseveraseis
ellos/ellas/ustedesperseverasen

Present perfect subjunctive

yohaya perseverado
túhayas perseverado
él/ella/ustedhaya perseverado
nosotroshayamos perseverado
vosotroshayáis perseverado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshayan perseverado

Pluperfect subjunctive

yohubiera perseverado
túhubieras perseverado
él/ella/ustedhubiera perseverado
nosotroshubiéramos perseverado
vosotroshubierais perseverado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshubieran perseverado

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More examples with perseverar

  • Perseverar en el intentoTo keep trying
  • Perseverar en un objetivoTo persevere with a goal
  • Perseverar a pesar de las dificultadesTo persevere despite the difficulties

Practice: perseverar to persevere

Indicative
Subjunctive
Perfect tenses
Imperative

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