English-Spanish translations for perpetual

• eterno
• perpetuo
  Quienes piensan de manera distinta están sentenciando a los pobres al recurso perpetuo a la ayuda, a una dependencia perpetua y a una incertidumbre perpetua con respecto al futuro. Those who think differently sentence the poor to the perpetual use of aid, perpetual dependence and perpetual uncertainty as to the future.
  ¡Lo último que necesitan es que aparezca un desastre perpetuo como es la UE y empeore las cosas! The last thing they need is for that perpetual disaster – the EU – to turn up and make things worse!
  Los regímenes no democráticos tienen un miedo perpetuo, razón por la que persiguen a los periodistas, los encarcelan y torturan, e incluso los asesinan. Non-democratic regimes remain in perpetual fear, which is why they persecute journalists, imprison and torture them, and even kill them.

Definition of perpetual

• Lasting forever, or for an indefinitely long time
• Set up to be in effect or have tenure for an unlimited duration
• Flowering throughout the growing season

Examples

• By means of artificial hybridization, practised for a series of years, he has succeeded in producing a race of carnations which are perpetual bloomers
• The hybrid perpetual roses as a rule require to be pruned to within 4 to 6 inches of the ground

Related words

• perpetually
• perpetual motion machine
• perpetual check
• perpetual motion
• perpetual bond
• perpetual Spinach
• a contented mind is a perpetual feast