permanezca

Permanezca is a conjugated form of the Spanish verb permanecer, meaning to remain or to stay. It functions as the present subjunctive form for first and third person singular (yo permanezca, él/ella/usted permanezca) and as the formal imperative for the pronoun usted. The corresponding plural forms are ustedes permanezcan and nosotros permanezcamos, depending on the grammatical context.

In forms and usage, permanezca appears in sentences expressing wishes, doubts, possibilities, or necessity, and also serves as a polite command. The verb is irregular in its stem in the present tense (permanezco in the indicative), and this irregularity carries over into its subjunctive and formal imperative forms, which reflect the underlying stem changes typical of many -cer verbs in Spanish.

Conjugation (present subjunctive and formal imperative):

- yo permanezca

- tú permanezcas

- él/ella/usted permanezca

- nosotros permanezcamos

- vosotros permanezcáis

- ellos/ellas/ustedes permanezcan

The form permanezca is also used as the affirmative usted command, with negative imperatives formed as no permanezca.

Etymology and semantics: permanecer comes from Latin permanēre, meaning to stay on or to endure. In Spanish, permanecer and its forms convey staying in a place, maintaining a state, or continuing to be. The present subjunctive form permanezca often appears in subordinate clauses after verbs of will, emotion, or doubt, and the imperative form is common in formal or respectful instructions.

See also: permanecer, subjuntivo, imperativo.