# continuo
## English
### Etymology 1

Ellipsis of basso continuo.

#### Noun

continuo (plural continuos)
* (music) Synonym of basso continuo.

### Etymology 2

From Spanish continuo, ellipsis of hombre continuo (“constant and steadfast man”), from Latin continuus (“constant, continuous”).

#### Noun

continuo (plural continuos)
* (historical) A member of the personal guard of the medieval and early modern Spanish or Portuguese kings.

##### Alternative forms

* contino

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

IPA: (Central) [kun.tiˈnu.u]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [kon.tiˈnu.o]

### Verb

continuo
* first-person singular present indicative of continuar

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

continuo m (plural continuos)
* continuo

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /konˈtinwo/ [kon̪ˈt̪i.nwʊ]
* Rhymes: -inwo
* Hyphenation: con‧ti‧nuo

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin continuus.

#### Adjective

continuo (feminine continua, masculine plural continuos, feminine plural continuas)
* continuous

##### Derived terms

* continuamente

##### Related terms

* continuar
* continuidade

##### Further reading

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

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

continuo
* (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of continuar

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* continovo (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /konˈti.nu.o/, /konˈti.nwo/
* Rhymes: -inuo, -inwo
* Hyphenation: con‧tì‧nu‧o, con‧tì‧nuo

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin continuus, derived from contineō (“to hold together”).

#### Adjective

continuo (feminine continua, masculine plural continui, feminine plural continue)
* continuous
    Antonym: discontinuo

##### Derived terms

* continuamente
* di continuo

##### Related terms

* continuare
* continuativo
* continuato
* continuatore
* continuazione
* continuità
* discontinuo

#### Further reading

* continuo$^1$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin continuō (“at once”).

#### Adverb

continuo
* (obsolete) continuously
    Synonym: continuamente

#### Further reading

* continuo$^2$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 3

Noun use of the adjective.

#### Noun

continuo m (plural continui)
* that which has continuity or continuousness
** (physics, philosophy) that whose perception cannot be broken down into various distinct elementary perceptions
* (by extension) a prolonged series
* (mathematics) continuum (set of real numbers)
    Hypernym: insieme

#### Further reading

* continuo$^3$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

continuo
* first-person singular present indicative of continuare

#### References

* ↑ continuo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* incutono

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /konˈti.nu.oː/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɪnuoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /konˈti.nu.o/, [kon̪ˈt̪iːnuo]

### Etymology 1

From continuus +‎ -ō.

#### Verb

continuō (present infinitive continuāre, perfect active continuāvī, supine continuātum); first conjugation
* (transitive) to join, connect, unite, make continuous
    Synonyms: colligo, illigo, ligo, cōnserō, coniungo, consocio, iungo, contraho, concilio
* (transitive, time) to follow successively or uninterruptedly or immediately, pursuit
    Synonyms: persequor, sequor, cōnsequor, excipiō, exsequor
* (transitive) to extend, prolong, lengthen
    Synonyms: extendō, porrigō, prōlongō, prōferō, prōtrahō, trahō, explicō
* (intransitive) to continue, keep on, do without pause, persist

##### Descendants

* English (through Middle French): continue
* Catalan: continuar
* Occitan: contunhar
* French: continuer
* Italian: continuare
* Norman: caontinuaïr (Guernsey), continnuer (Jersey)
* Portuguese: continuar
* Romanian: continua
* Sicilian: cuntinuari
* Spanish: continuar

### Etymology 2

From continuus +‎ -ō.

#### Adverb

continuō (not comparable)
* immediately, at once
* from the first
    Synonyms: statim, cōnfestim, īlicō, extemplō, prōtinus
** 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Evangelium secundum Matthaeum.26.74-75:et continuo gallus cantavit. Et recordatus est Petrus verbi Iesu quod dixerat, "priusquam gallus cantet ter me negabis". Et egressus foras ploravit amare.(after Peter denies Jesus a third time) And the rooster immediately sang. Peter then remembered what Jesus had said, "before the rooster sings, you will deny me three times." And he went outside, and cried bitterly.

### Etymology 3
#### Adjective

continuō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of continuus

### References

* continuo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
* “continuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “continuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* continuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. to continue one's office for another year: continuare magistratum (Sall. Iug. 37. 2) to prolong some one's office for another year: continuare alicui magistratum to march without interruption: iter continuare (B. C. 3. 11)
* continuo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

## Portuguese
### Verb

continuo
* first-person singular present indicative of continuar; "I continue"

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continuus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /konˈtinwo/ [kõn̪ˈt̪i.nwo]
* Rhymes: -inwo
* Syllabification: con‧ti‧nuo

### Adjective

continuo (feminine continua, masculine plural continuos, feminine plural continuas)
* (of actions) continual, constant (done or extending without interruption)
* (of areas) continuous, adjacent (extending from one to another without interruption)
* (of people) steady, persevering (continuing with one's task without interruption)
* (of values) continual, nondiscrete (existing in an uninterrupted continuum)

#### Alternative forms

* contino (archaic)

#### Derived terms

* a la continua
* acto continuo
* bajo continuo
* continuamente
* continuismo
* corriente continua
* de continuo
* función continua

#### Related terms

* continuar
* continuidad

### Noun

continuo m (plural continuos)
* unity (an area extending without interruption)
* (chiefly historical) vassal (a man bound to perpetual service to a king or similar lord, especially as a) man-at-arms or bodyguard
* (historical) continuo (one of the 100 or so men-at-arms who formed the Spanish and Portuguese kings' perpetual personal guard)
* (music) continuo (basso continuo)

#### Alternative forms

* continuum

#### Derived terms

* solución de continuo

### Further reading

* “continuo”, 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
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