perseverante

Perseverante is an adjective used in Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese to describe someone who demonstrates perseverance or persistence. In everyday usage, a perseverante person maintains effort toward long-term goals despite obstacles or delays, showing determination and endurance. The term signals steadiness, consistency, and a refusal to give up.

Perseverante derives from Latin perseverans, the present participle of perseverare, to persevere. The word travels across Romance languages with similar forms and meanings.

In Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, perseverante can refer to a trait of character or to behavior. It is commonly applied to people who work steadily, study diligently, or continue a project over time. In psychology and self-help discourse, perseverance is treated as a key component of resilience or grit, alongside traits such as motivation and self-control.

In English, closest equivalents are perseverance, persistence, tenacity, and grit; perseverant is a rarer or less common adjective. The form perseverante is typically used without gender marking in these languages, with plural forms such as perseverantes.

Related terms include perseverance, resilience, diligence, and grit.