continuar
Spanish, verb/kontiˈnwaɾ/
continuar is spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-U-A-R (9 letters) and appears 42 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,079th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Continuar is a Spanish verb meaning “to continue, to carry on” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Permanecer, conservar la actitud, la situación, la acción”.
What does continuar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to continue, to carry on
- 2
to go off on, to go off of (idiomatic)
Eso no es mucho para continuar.
- 3
to continue, to be continued
Deben continuarse los esfuerzos.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Permanecer, conservar la actitud, la situación, la acción. 2. Prolongar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of continuar
- continúo first-person present singular
- continué first-person preterite singular
- continuado participle past
- u-ú alternation
- continuando gerund
- continuada feminine participle past
- continuados masculine participle past
- continuadas feminine participle past
- continúas indicative informal present
- continuás indicative informal present
- continúa indicative present singular
- continuamos first-person indicative plural
- continuáis indicative plural present
- continúan indicative plural present
- continuaba first-person imperfect indicative
- continuabas imperfect indicative second-person
- continuábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- continuabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce continuar?
- /kontiˈnwaɾ/
- [kõn̪.t̪iˈnwaɾ]
- [kõn̪t̪iˈnwaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to continuar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is continuar in Spanish?
continuar appears 42 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).