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Borrowed from Latin continuāre.

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [kun.ti.nuˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [kon.ti.nuˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kon.ti.nuˈaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

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

1. (ambitransitive) to continue

• continu
• continuació
• continuat

• “continuar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Learned borrowing from Latin continuāre.

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

• continuación
• continuo

• “continuar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Borrowed from Latin continuāre.

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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) [(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.

   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 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.

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) [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.

   • 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. (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) [(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.

• “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

Borrowed from Latin continuāre.

• IPA^(key): /kontiˈnwaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪iˈnwaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧ti‧nuar

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.

• “continuar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025