Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Catalan terms borrowed from Latin#CONTINUARCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#CONTINUAR continuāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kun.ti.nuˈa]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#CONTINUAR
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kon.ti.nuˈa]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#CONTINUAR
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kon.ti.nuˈaɾ]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#CONTINUAR

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)Category:Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)#CONTINUARCategory:Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)/4 syllables#CONTINUAR

Verb

continuar (first-person singular present continuo, first-person singular preterite continuí, past participle continuat)Category:Catalan lemmas#CONTINUARCategory:Catalan verbs#CONTINUARCategory:Catalan first conjugation verbs#CONTINUARCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#CONTINUARCategory:Pages with entries#CONTINUARCategory:Pages with 4 entries#CONTINUAR

1. (ambitransitiveCategory:Catalan transitive verbs#CONTINUARCategory:Catalan intransitive verbs#CONTINUAR) to continue

Etymology

Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:Galician terms borrowed from Latin#CONTINUARCategory:Galician learned borrowings from Latin#CONTINUARCategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#CONTINUAR continuāre.

Verb

continuar (first-person singular present continúo, first-person singular preterite continuei, past participle continuado)Category:Galician lemmas#CONTINUARCategory:Galician verbs#CONTINUARCategory:Galician verbs ending in -ar#CONTINUARCategory:Galician verbs with u becoming ú when stressed#CONTINUARCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#CONTINUARCategory:Pages with entries#CONTINUARCategory:Pages with 4 entries#CONTINUAR
continuar (first-person singular present continuo, first-person singular preterite continuei, past participle continuado, reintegrationist norm)Category:Galician lemmas#CONTINUARCategory:Galician verbs#CONTINUARCategory:Galician verbs ending in -ar#CONTINUARCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#CONTINUARCategory:Pages with entries#CONTINUARCategory:Pages with 4 entries#CONTINUAR

1. to continue

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin#CONTINUARCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#CONTINUAR continuāre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

continuar (first-person singular present continuo, first-person singular preterite continuei, past participle continuado)Category:Portuguese lemmas#CONTINUARCategory:Portuguese verbs#CONTINUARCategory:Portuguese verbs ending in -ar#CONTINUARCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#CONTINUARCategory:Pages with entries#CONTINUARCategory:Pages with 4 entries#CONTINUAR

1. (intransitiveCategory:Portuguese intransitive verbs#CONTINUAR or transitiveCategory:Portuguese transitive verbs#CONTINUAR) to continue; to go on (with) (to not stop) [(optionally) with com or transitive ‘an action’]

   Synonym: prosseguir

   Antonym: parar com

   Continue até não aguentar mais. ― Keep going until you can't stand it any more.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#CONTINUAR

   Os soldados não queriam continuar com a guerra. ― The soldiers didn’t want to continue with the war.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#CONTINUAR

   Continuamos o jogo apesar da chuva. ― We went on with the game despite the rain.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#CONTINUAR

   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, 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 [the classroom] was Binns, [...] preparing to continue his monotonous explanation about the giants' war.

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2. (transitiveCategory:Portuguese transitive verbs#CONTINUAR) 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.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#CONTINUAR

3. (catenative) to continue; to keep; to be still (doing something) (to not stop doing something) [with gerund or a (+ infinitive) ‘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.

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   • 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.

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4. (copulativeCategory:Portuguese copulative verbs#CONTINUAR) 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.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#CONTINUAR

5. (intransitiveCategory:Portuguese intransitive verbs#CONTINUAR) to extend, to go on (to have a given extent) [(usually) with por ‘a distance’ or other adverb phrase]

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

   Essa estrada continua por uns vinte quilómetros. ― This road goes on for some twenty kilometres.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#CONTINUAR

Further reading

• “continuar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “continuar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from Latin#CONTINUARCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#CONTINUAR continuāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontiˈnwaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪iˈnwaɾ]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#CONTINUARCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CONTINUAR
• Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ#CONTINUARCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/3 syllables#CONTINUAR
• Syllabification: con‧ti‧nuar

Verb

continuar (first-person singular present continúo, first-person singular preterite continué, past participle continuado)Category:Spanish lemmas#CONTINUARCategory:Spanish verbs#CONTINUARCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -ar#CONTINUARCategory:Spanish verbs with u-ú alternation#CONTINUARCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CONTINUARCategory:Pages with entries#CONTINUARCategory:Pages with 4 entries#CONTINUAR

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.

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3. (impersonalCategory:Spanish impersonal verbs#CONTINUAR, pronominal) to continue, to be continued

   Deben continuarse los esfuerzos.

   Efforts must continue.

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