continuar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continuāre.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

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

1. to continue

Conjugation

Related terms

• continu
• continuació

Further reading

• “continuar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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)
continuar (first-person singular present continuo, first-person singular preterite continuei, past participle continuado, reintegrationist norm)

1. to continue

Conjugation

Related terms

• continuación
• continuo

Further reading

• “continuar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continuāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, or transitive with com or with no preposition) to continue; to go on with (not to stop)

   Synonym: prosseguir

   Antonym: parar com

   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.

   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 294:

     [...] o único professor presente quando entraram [na sala de aula] era Binns, [...] preparando-se para continuar sua monótona lengalenga sobre a guerra dos gigantes.

     the only present teacher when they entered was Binns, preparing to continue his monotonous explanation about the giants' war.

2. (transitive) to continue; to proceed with (to start doing something that had been stopped)

   Synonym: prosseguir com

   Antonyms: parar (com), pausar, interromper

   Continuarei o projeto quando receber a verba. ― I will proceed with the project when I get the budget.

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)

   Synonyms: permanecer, prosseguir, seguir

   Antonyms: parar de, deixar de

   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.

4. (copulative) to continue; to remain (to retain a given quality)

   Synonym: seguir

   Mesmo com o novo governador, os impostos continuam altos. ― Even with the new governor, taxes remain high.

5. (intransitive, usually takes an adverb phrase) to extend (to have a given extent)

   Synonyms: estender-se, ir, prolongar-se, seguir

   Essa estrada continua por uns vinte quilómetros. ― This road goes on for some twenty kilometres.

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Quotations

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continuāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontiˈnwaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧ti‧nuar

Verb

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

1. to continue, to carry on
2. to go off on, to go off of (idiomatic)

   Eso no es mucho para continuar.

   That's not a lot to go off of.

3. (impersonal, takes a reflexive pronoun) to continue, to be continued

   Deben continuarse los esfuerzos.

   Efforts must continue.

Conjugation

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Further reading

• “continuar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014