continuare

See also: continuaré

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continuāre, from continuus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kon.ti.nuˈa.re/, /kon.tiˈnwa.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: con‧ti‧nu‧à‧re, con‧ti‧nuà‧re

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Verb

continuàre (first-person singular present contìnuo, first-person singular past historic continuài, past participle continuàto, auxiliary (transitive or intransitive) avére or (alternatively when intransitive with a thing as subject) èssere)

1. (transitive) to continue, to keep on doing (an action)
2. (transitive) to continue, to resume (an action)
3. (intransitive) to continue, to last (of a thing) [auxiliary avere or essere]
4. (intransitive) to continue, to persevere, to carry on (of a person) [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of continuàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	continuàre
auxiliary verb		avére1, èssere2	gerund		continuàndo
present participle		continuànte	past participle		continuàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	contìnuo	contìnui	contìnua	continuiàmo	continuàte	contìnuano
imperfect	continuàvo	continuàvi	continuàva	continuavàmo	continuavàte	continuàvano
past historic	continuài	continuàsti	continuò	continuàmmo	continuàste	continuàrono
future	continuerò	continuerài	continuerà	continuerémo	continueréte	continuerànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	continuerèi	continuerésti	continuerèbbe, continuerébbe	continuerémmo	continueréste	continuerèbbero, continuerébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	contìnui	contìnui	contìnui	continuiàmo	continuiàte	contìnuino
imperfect	continuàssi	continuàssi	continuàsse	continuàssimo	continuàste	continuàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		contìnua	contìnui	continuiàmo	continuàte	contìnuino
negative imperative		non continuàre	non contìnui	non continuiàmo	non continuàte	non contìnuino

¹Transitive or intransitive.
²Alternatively when intransitive with a thing as subject.

Derived terms

• continuanza
• continuatore

Related terms

• continuativo
• continuazione
• continuo

Further reading

• continuare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• continuerà, incuorante, neutronica

Latin

Verb

continuāre

1. inflection of continuō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Romanian

Etymology

From continua +‎ -re.

Noun

continuare f (plural continuări)

1. continuation

Declension

Declension of continuare

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) continuare	continuarea	(niște) continuări	continuările
genitive/dative	(unei) continuări	continuării	(unor) continuări	continuărilor
vocative	continuare, continuareo		continuărilor

Spanish

Verb

continuare

1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of continuar