continuar

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continuāre.

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

  1. to continue

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Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin continuāre.

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continuāre.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.t͡ʃi.nuˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.t͡ʃiˈnwa(ʁ)/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõ.t͡ʃi.nuˈa(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.t͡ʃiˈnwa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõ.t͡ʃi.nuˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.t͡ʃiˈnwa(ʁ)/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.t͡ʃi.nuˈa(ɻ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.t͡ʃiˈnwa(ɻ)/
 

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive or transitive) to continue; to go on (with) (to not stop)
    Synonym: prosseguir
    Antonym: parar com
    Continue até não aguentar mais.Keep going until you can't 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, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 294:
      o único professor presente quando entraram 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. (catenative) to continue; to keep; to be still (doing something) (to not 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.
    • 2007, Júlio César Pereira, Duas Vidas para Amar, Clube de Autores, page 328:
      Das duas uma, ou eu parava e me deixava ser capturado, ou eu continuava fugindo até encontrar algum buraco para me esconder.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  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) to extend, to go on (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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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, pronominal) to continue, to be continued
    Deben continuarse los esfuerzos.
    Efforts must continue.

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