continuare

See also: continuaré

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continuāre, from continuus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kon.ti.nuˈa.re/, /kon.tiˈnwa.re/[1]
  • 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 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

References

  1. ^ continuiamo, continuo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

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 definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative continuare continuarea continuări continuările
genitive-dative continuări continuării continuări continuărilor
vocative continuare, continuareo continuărilor

Spanish

Verb

continuare

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