perpetrar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from English perpetrō.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

perpetrar (first-person singular present perpetro, first-person singular preterite perpetrí, past participle perpetrat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. (transitive) to perpetrate, carry out

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of perpetrar (first conjugation)

infinitive			perpetrar
gerund			perpetrant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		perpetrat		perpetrada
		plural		perpetrats		perpetrades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	perpetro	perpetres	perpetra	perpetrem	perpetreu	perpetren
	imperfect	perpetrava	perpetraves	perpetrava	perpetràvem	perpetràveu	perpetraven
	future	perpetraré	perpetraràs	perpetrarà	perpetrarem	perpetrareu	perpetraran
	preterite	perpetrí	perpetrares	perpetrà	perpetràrem	perpetràreu	perpetraren
	conditional	perpetraria	perpetraries	perpetraria	perpetraríem	perpetraríeu	perpetrarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	perpetri	perpetris	perpetri	perpetrem	perpetreu	perpetrin
	imperfect	perpetrés	perpetressis	perpetrés	perpetréssim	perpetréssiu	perpetressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	perpetra	perpetri	perpetrem	perpetreu	perpetrin
	negative (no)	—	no perpetris	no perpetri	no perpetrem	no perpetreu	no perpetrin

Related terms

• perpetrable
• perpetració
• perpetrador

Further reading

• “perpetrar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Interlingua

Etymology

Derived from English perpetrate, Spanish perpetrar, French perpétrer, Portuguese perpetrar and Italian perpetrare, all from Latin perpetrō (“to carry through”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /per.peˈtrar/

Verb

perpetrar

1. (transitive) to perpetrate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of perpetrar

infinitive		perpetrar
participle		present	perfect
		perpetrante	perpetrate
active		simple	perfect
	present	perpetra	ha perpetrate
	past	perpetrava	habeva perpetrate
	future	perpetrara	habera perpetrate
	conditional	perpetrarea	haberea perpetrate
	imperative	perpetra	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es perpetrate	ha essite perpetrate
	past	esseva perpetrate	habeva essite perpetrate
	future	essera perpetrate	habera essite perpetrate
	conditional	esserea perpetrate	haberea essite perpetrate
	imperative	sia perpetrate	—

Derived terms

• perpetration
• perpetrator

References

• Alexander Gode (1951), Interlingua-English: A Dictionary of the International Language, New York: Storm Publishers, →OL

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.peˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [peh.peˈtɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.peˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [peh.peˈtɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾ.peˈtɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁ.peˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [peχ.peˈtɾa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /peɻ.peˈtɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.pɨˈtɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.pɨˈtɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.pɨˈtɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: per‧pe‧trar

Verb

perpetrar (first-person singular present perpetro, first-person singular preterite perpetrei, past participle perpetrado)

1. to perpetrate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of perpetrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	perpetrar
Personal	perpetrar	perpetrares	perpetrar	perpetrarmos	perpetrardes	perpetrarem
Gerund
	perpetrando
Past participle
Masculine	perpetrado			perpetrados
Feminine	perpetrada			perpetradas
Indicative
Present	perpetro	perpetras	perpetra	perpetramos	perpetrais	perpetram
Imperfect	perpetrava	perpetravas	perpetrava	perpetrávamos	perpetráveis	perpetravam
Preterite	perpetrei	perpetraste	perpetrou	perpetramos1, perpetrámos2	perpetrastes	perpetraram
Pluperfect	perpetrara	perpetraras	perpetrara	perpetráramos	perpetráreis	perpetraram
Future	perpetrarei	perpetrarás	perpetrará	perpetraremos	perpetrareis	perpetrarão
Conditional	perpetraria	perpetrarias	perpetraria	perpetraríamos	perpetraríeis	perpetrariam
Subjunctive
Present	perpetre	perpetres	perpetre	perpetremos	perpetreis	perpetrem
Imperfect	perpetrasse	perpetrasses	perpetrasse	perpetrássemos	perpetrásseis	perpetrassem
Future	perpetrar	perpetrares	perpetrar	perpetrarmos	perpetrardes	perpetrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		perpetra	perpetre	perpetremos	perpetrai	perpetrem
Negative (não)		não perpetres	não perpetre	não perpetremos	não perpetreis	não perpetrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “perpetrar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “perpetrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perpetrāre (“to do entirely, to carry out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾpeˈtɾaɾ/ [peɾ.peˈt̪ɾaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: per‧pe‧trar

Verb

perpetrar (first-person singular present perpetro, first-person singular preterite perpetré, past participle perpetrado)

1. (transitive) to carry out (a crime), to perpetrate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of perpetrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			perpetrar
gerund			perpetrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		perpetrado		perpetrada
		plural		perpetrados		perpetradas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	perpetro	perpetrastú perpetrásvos	perpetra	perpetramos	perpetráis	perpetran
	imperfect	perpetraba	perpetrabas	perpetraba	perpetrábamos	perpetrabais	perpetraban
	preterite	perpetré	perpetraste	perpetró	perpetramos	perpetrasteis	perpetraron
	future	perpetraré	perpetrarás	perpetrará	perpetraremos	perpetraréis	perpetrarán
	conditional	perpetraría	perpetrarías	perpetraría	perpetraríamos	perpetraríais	perpetrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	perpetre	perpetrestú perpetrésvos2	perpetre	perpetremos	perpetréis	perpetren
	imperfect (ra)	perpetrara	perpetraras	perpetrara	perpetráramos	perpetrarais	perpetraran
	imperfect (se)	perpetrase	perpetrases	perpetrase	perpetrásemos	perpetraseis	perpetrasen
	future1	perpetrare	perpetrares	perpetrare	perpetráremos	perpetrareis	perpetraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		perpetratú perpetrávos	perpetre	perpetremos	perpetrad	perpetren
	negative		no perpetres	no perpetre	no perpetremos	no perpetréis	no perpetren

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of perpetrar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive perpetrar	dative	perpetrarme	perpetrarte	perpetrarle, perpetrarse	perpetrarnos	perpetraros	perpetrarles, perpetrarse
	accusative	perpetrarme	perpetrarte	perpetrarlo, perpetrarla, perpetrarse	perpetrarnos	perpetraros	perpetrarlos, perpetrarlas, perpetrarse
with gerund perpetrando	dative	perpetrándome	perpetrándote	perpetrándole, perpetrándose	perpetrándonos	perpetrándoos	perpetrándoles, perpetrándose
	accusative	perpetrándome	perpetrándote	perpetrándolo, perpetrándola, perpetrándose	perpetrándonos	perpetrándoos	perpetrándolos, perpetrándolas, perpetrándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative perpetra	dative	perpétrame	perpétrate	perpétrale	perpétranos	not used	perpétrales
	accusative	perpétrame	perpétrate	perpétralo, perpétrala	perpétranos	not used	perpétralos, perpétralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative perpetrá	dative	perpetrame	perpetrate	perpetrale	perpetranos	not used	perpetrales
	accusative	perpetrame	perpetrate	perpetralo, perpetrala	perpetranos	not used	perpetralos, perpetralas
with formal second-person singular imperative perpetre	dative	perpétreme	not used	perpétrele, perpétrese	perpétrenos	not used	perpétreles
	accusative	perpétreme	not used	perpétrelo, perpétrela, perpétrese	perpétrenos	not used	perpétrelos, perpétrelas
with first-person plural imperative perpetremos	dative	not used	perpetrémoste	perpetrémosle	perpetrémonos	perpetrémoos	perpetrémosles
	accusative	not used	perpetrémoste	perpetrémoslo, perpetrémosla	perpetrémonos	perpetrémoos	perpetrémoslos, perpetrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative perpetrad	dative	perpetradme	not used	perpetradle	perpetradnos	perpetraos	perpetradles
	accusative	perpetradme	not used	perpetradlo, perpetradla	perpetradnos	perpetraos	perpetradlos, perpetradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative perpetren	dative	perpétrenme	not used	perpétrenle	perpétrennos	not used	perpétrenles, perpétrense
	accusative	perpétrenme	not used	perpétrenlo, perpétrenla	perpétrennos	not used	perpétrenlos, perpétrenlas, perpétrense

Related terms

• perpetración
• perpetrador

Further reading

• “perpetrar”, 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