continuar

to continue

verb kohn-tee-NWAHR Common

Origin: From Latin continuare, from continuus (unbroken).

Also means

to keep on

Usage Note

Continuar can be followed by a gerund (continúa lloviendo, it keeps raining) or con + noun (continuar con el trabajo, to continue with the work). Note the written accent on continúa (third-person singular present) and continúo (first-person singular present), which breaks the diphthong and stresses the u; without it, continuo is the adjective 'continuous', stressed on the penultimate syllable. The synonym seguir is more colloquial.

Examples

"El debate continúa sin solución."

Natural Translation

The debate continues without a solution.

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