continuar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continuāre, present active infinitive of continuō.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /kon.ti.nuˈa/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /kun.ti.nuˈa/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /kon.ti.nuˈaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

continuar (first-person singular present continuo, past participle continuat)

  1. to continue

Conjugation

Further reading


Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continuāre, present active infinitive of continuō.

Verb

continuar (first-person singular present continúo, first-person singular preterite continuei, past participle continuado)

  1. to continue

Conjugation

Further reading


Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continuāre, present active infinitive of continuō.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.ti.ˈnwaɾ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.ˌt͡ʃi.nu.ˈa(ʁ)/

Verb

continuar (first-person singular present indicative continuo, past participle continuado)

  1. (intransitive, or transitive with com or with no preposition) to continue; to go on with (not to stop)
    Continue até não aguentar mais.Keep going until you can stand it any more.
    Os soldados não queriam continuar com a guerra.The soldiers didn’t want to continue with the war.
    Continuamos o jogo apesar da chuva.We went on with the game despite the rain.
    Synonym: prosseguir
    Antonym: parar com
  2. (transitive) to continue; to proceed with (to start doing something that had been stopped)
    Continuarei o projeto quando receber a verba.I will proceeded with the project when I get the budget.
    Synonym: prosseguir com
    Antonyms: parar (com), pausar, interromper
  3. (auxiliary with a verb in the gerund or with a and a verb in the impersonal infinitive) to continue; to keep; to be still (not to stop doing something)
    Mandei um técnico consertar meu computador mas ele continua fazendo um barulho estranho.
    I had a technician fix my computer but it is still making a strange noise.
    Synonyms: permanecer, prosseguir, seguir
    Antonyms: parar de, deixar de
  4. (copulative) to continue; to remain (to retain a given quality)
    Mesmo com o novo governador, os impostos continuam altos.Even with the new governor, taxes remain high.
    Synonym: seguir
  5. (intransitive, usually takes an adverb phrase) to extend (to have a given extent)
    Essa estrada continua por uns vinte quilómetros.This road goes on for some twenty kilometres.
    Synonyms: estender-se, ir, prolongar-se, seguir

Conjugation

Quotations

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Derived terms


Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continuāre, present active infinitive of continuō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kontiˈnwaɾ/, [kõn̪t̪iˈnwaɾ]

Verb

continuar (first-person singular present continúo, first-person singular preterite continué, past participle continuado)

  1. to continue

Conjugation

  • Rule: stressed ú in certain conjugations

    Further reading

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