continuar

/kontiˈnwaɾ/, [kõn̪.t̪iˈnwaɾ]

continue


Verb continuar (first-person singular present continúo, first-person singular preterite continué, past participle continuado)

  1. to continue, to carry on
  2. to go off on, to go off of (idiomatic)
    Eso no es mucho para continuar.
    That's not a lot to go off of.
  3. (impersonal, takes a reflexive pronoun) to continue, to be continued
    Deben continuarse los esfuerzos.
    Efforts must continue.

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Un bebé es la opinión de Dios de que la vida debe continuar.

    A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

  • Yo estaba demasiado cansado para continuar trabajando.

    I was too tired to go on working.

  • Dimos el primer paso, ahora sólo hay que continuar.

    We gave the first step, now we just have to keep going.

  • Él decidió quedarse y continuar con el negocio de su padre.

    He decided to stay and carry on his father's business.

  • Debemos continuar.

    We must continue.

  • Una vez que comiences, debes continuar.

    Once you begin, you must continue.

  • Tenemos que continuar.

    We have to go on.

  • Estoy tan cansado que no puedo continuar.

    I'm so tired that I can't go on.

  • Esto me da fuerzas para continuar.

    This gives me the strength to go on.

  • No veo razón para continuar esta discusión.

    I see no reason to continue this discussion.

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