continuo
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adjective
- continual, constantdone or extending without interruption
- continuous, adjacentextending from one to another without interruption
- steady, perseveringcontinuing with one's task without interruption
- continual, nondiscreteexisting in an uninterrupted continuum
noun
- unityan area extending without interruption
- vassal (a man bound to perpetual service to a king or similar lord, especially as a) man-at-arms or bodyguard
- continuoone of the 100 or so men-at-arms who formed the Spanish and Portuguese kings' perpetual personal guard
- continuobasso continuo
Forms
adjective
| masculine singular | continuo |
|---|---|
| feminine | continua |
| masculine plural | continuos |
| feminine plural | continuas |
noun
| singular | continuo |
|---|---|
| plural | continuos |
Used in the library
- Estar también forma el presente continuo: Estoy comiendo.Estar also forms the present continuous: I am eating.A2Ser y estar — Ser and estar
- El ruido continuo de la bodega en octubre no molesta a nadie.The continuous noise of the cellar in October bothers nobody.B1Otra vez, por favor (11) — Once more, please (11) (B1)
- El ruido continuo de la calefacción es la música de la consulta.The continuous noise of the heating is the surgery's music.B1Otra vez, por favor (18) — Once more, please (18) (B1)
- La segunda es que no fue una guerra continua, sino siglos con más paz que batallas.The second is that it was not a continuous war, but centuries with more peace than battles.B1La Reconquista — The "Reconquest"