# continuar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continuāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kun.ti.nuˈa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [kon.ti.nuˈa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kon.ti.nuˈaɾ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

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

#### Related terms

* continu
* continuació

#### Further reading

* “continuar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## 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)
* to continue

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* continuación
* continuo

#### Further reading

* “continuar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continuāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.t͡ʃi.nuˈa(ʁ)/ [kõ.t͡ʃi.nʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.t͡ʃiˈnwa(ʁ)/ [kõ.t͡ʃiˈnwa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.t͡ʃi.nuˈa(ʁ)/ [kõ.t͡ʃi.nʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.t͡ʃiˈnwa(ʁ)/ [kõ.t͡ʃiˈnwa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kõ.t͡ʃi.nuˈa(ɾ)/ [kõ.t͡ʃi.nʊˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.t͡ʃiˈnwa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kõ.t͡ʃi.nuˈa(ʁ)/ [kõ.t͡ʃi.nʊˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.t͡ʃiˈnwa(ʁ)/ [kõ.t͡ʃiˈnwa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kõ.t͡ʃi.nuˈa(ɻ)/ [kõ.t͡ʃi.nʊˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.t͡ʃiˈnwa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.tiˈnwaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.tiˈnwaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kõ.tiˈnwa.ɾi/

### Verb

continuar (first-person singular present continuo, first-person singular preterite continuei, past participle continuado)
* (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.
* (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.
* (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.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (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) 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.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* continuador
* continuante
* descontinuar
* recontinuar

#### Related terms

* conter
* continuação
* continuamente
* continuativo
* continuidade
* contínuo
* continuum

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continuāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kontiˈnwaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪iˈnwaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: con‧ti‧nuar

### Verb

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, pronominal) to continue, to be continued
    Deben continuarse los esfuerzos.Efforts must continue.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* continuación
* continuador
* continuativo
* continuidad
* continuo

#### Further reading

* “continuar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10