continuo
Spanish, noun
continuo is spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-U-O (8 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,689th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Continuo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “unity (an area extending without interruption)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, continúo is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of continuar”. With an accent, continuó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of continuar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conjunto de cosas unidas consideradas como un todo”.
What does continuo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
continual, constant (done or extending without interruption)
- 2
continuous, adjacent (extending from one to another without interruption)
- 3
steady, persevering (continuing with one's task without interruption)
- 4
continual, nondiscrete (existing in an uninterrupted continuum)
noun
- 1
masculineunity (an area extending without interruption)
- 2
masculinevassal (a man bound to perpetual service to a king or similar lord, especially as a) man-at-arms or bodyguard
- 3
masculinecontinuo (one of the 100 or so men-at-arms who formed the Spanish and Portuguese kings' perpetual personal guard)
- 4
masculinecontinuo (basso continuo)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of continuar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of continuar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que dura, obra, se hace o se extiende sin interrupción. 2. Se dice de dos más cosas unidas entre sí. 3. Perseverante en ejercer algún acto. 4. Aplicado a una magnitud: Que sus valores fluyen sin intervalos abruptos entre sí.
noun: 1. Conjunto de cosas unidas consideradas como un todo. 2. Varón allegado a un señor y muy favorecido de él, y a quien éste mantenía. Estaba obligado a seguirle, obedecerle y, en tiempos más antiguos, aun a vengarle cuando no podía más. 3. Cada uno de los que componían el cuerpo de los cien continuos, que antiguamente servía en la casa del rey para la guardia de su persona y custodia del palacio. 4. Bajo continuo.
adverb: 1. De continuo.
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 continuo
- continua feminine
- continuos masculine plural
- continuas feminine plural
- contino alternative archaic
- continuum alternative
- contínuum alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to continuo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is continuo in Spanish?
continuo appears 17 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).