continuar
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin continuāre, present active infinitive of continuō.
PronunciationEdit
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /kon.ti.nuˈa/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kun.ti.nuˈa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kon.ti.nuˈaɾ/
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
VerbEdit
continuar (first-person singular present continuo, past participle continuat)
- to continue
ConjugationEdit
infinitive | continuar | ||||||
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present participle | continuant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | continuat | continuada | |||||
plural | continuats | continuades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | continuo | continues | continua | continuem | continueu | continuen | |
imperfect | continuava | continuaves | continuava | continuàvem | continuàveu | continuaven | |
future | continuaré | continuaràs | continuarà | continuarem | continuareu | continuaran | |
preterite | continuí | continuares | continuà | continuàrem | continuàreu | continuaren | |
conditional | continuaria | continuaries | continuaria | continuaríem | continuaríeu | continuarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | continuï | continuïs | continuï | continuem | continueu | continuïn | |
imperfect | continués | continuessis | continués | continuéssim | continuéssiu | continuessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
— | continua | continuï | continuem | continueu | continuïn |
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “continuar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin continuāre, present active infinitive of continuō.
VerbEdit
continuar (first-person singular present continúo, first-person singular preterite continuei, past participle continuado)
- to continue
ConjugationEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “continuar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin continuāre, present active infinitive of continuō.
PronunciationEdit
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.ti.ˈnwaɾ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.ˌt͡ʃi.nu.ˈa(ʁ)/, [kõ̞ʊ̯̃ⁿ.ˌt͡ʃi.n̪ʊ.ˈä(χ)]
VerbEdit
continuar (first-person singular present indicative continuo, past participle continuado)
- (intransitive, or transitive with com or with no preposition) to continue; to go on with (not to stop)
- 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.
- 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
- (transitive) to continue; to proceed with (to start doing something that had been stopped)
- Continuarei o projeto quando receber a verba. ― I will proceed with the project when I get the budget.
- Synonym: prosseguir com
- Antonyms: parar (com), pausar, interromper
- (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
- (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
- (intransitive, usually takes an adverb phrase) to extend (to have a given extent)
ConjugationEdit
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:continuar.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin continuāre, present active infinitive of continuō.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
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.
ConjugationEdit
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “continuar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.