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continuar

/kontiˈnwaɾ/ verb A2
  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. to continue, to be continued (pronominal) · Deben continuarse los esfuerzos. Efforts must continue.
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Verb forms

Infinitive
continuar
Gerund
continuando
Past participle
continuado
Present (yo)
continúo
Preterite (yo)
continué

An irregular verb: some of its forms don’t follow the rules, so learn them by heart.

From the library

Y no continuéis
Libro de poemas, p. 14 · C1
Continuando su camino pasó la cresta de la montaña y empezó á bajar.
Spanish Tales for Beginners, p. 3 · C1
—No es fuerte, no—replicó el padre.—Y continuó diciendo:—De un latigazo de tu cola le podrías lanzar por los aires como al más miserable animalejo.
Spanish Tales for Beginners, p. 1 · C1
Entonces el chalán le sacudió un terrible latigazo; pero Tony, aunque sentía el agudo dolor de aquella culebra de cáñamo que se le había arrollado por el cuerpo, no se quejó y continuó ladrando.—¡Es extraño!
Spanish Tales for Beginners, p. 12 · C1

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