continuar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin continuāre.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [kun.ti.nuˈa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kon.ti.nuˈa]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [kon.ti.nuˈaɾ]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb edit
continuar (first-person singular present continuo, first-person singular preterite continuí, past participle continuat)
- to continue
Conjugation edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “continuar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin continuāre, present active infinitive of continuō.
Verb edit
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)
- to continue
Conjugation edit
1Less recommended.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “continuar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin continuāre.
Pronunciation edit
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.t͡ʃi.nuˈa(ʁ)/ [kõ.t͡ʃi.nʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.t͡ʃiˈnwa(ʁ)/ [kõ.t͡ʃiˈnwa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõ.t͡ʃi.nuˈa(ɾ)/ [kõ.t͡ʃi.nʊˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.t͡ʃiˈnwa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõ.t͡ʃi.nuˈa(ʁ)/ [kõ.t͡ʃi.nʊˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.t͡ʃiˈnwa(ʁ)/ [kõ.t͡ʃiˈnwa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.t͡ʃi.nuˈa(ɻ)/ [kõ.t͡ʃi.nʊˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.t͡ʃiˈnwa(ɻ)/
Verb edit
continuar (first-person singular present continuo, first-person singular preterite continuei, past participle continuado)
- (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 [the classroom] was Binns, [...] preparing to continue his monotonous explanation about the giants' war.
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
- (intransitive, usually takes an adverb phrase) to extend (to have a given extent)
Conjugation edit
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:continuar.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin continuāre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
continuar (first-person singular present continúo, first-person singular preterite continué, past participle continuado)
- to continue, to carry on
- to go off on, to go off of (idiomatic)
- Eso no es mucho para continuar.
- That's not a lot to go off of.
- (impersonal, takes a reflexive pronoun) to continue, to be continued
- Deben continuarse los esfuerzos.
- Efforts must continue.
Conjugation edit
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “continuar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014