continuo

See also: Continuo, contínuo, continúo, continuò, and continuó

English

Etymology 1

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Wikipedia

Noun

continuo (plural continuos)

1. (music) Ellipsis of basso continuo.

Etymology 2

From Spanish continuo, ellipsis of hombre continuo (“constant and steadfast man”), from Latin continuus (“constant, continuous”).

Noun

continuo (plural continuos)

1. (historical) A member of the personal guard of the medieval and early modern Spanish or Portuguese kings.

Alternative forms

• contino

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [kun.tiˈnu.u]

• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [kon.tiˈnu.o]

Verb

continuo

1. first-person singular present indicative of continuar

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

continuo m (plural continuos)

1. continuo

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtinwo/ [kon̪ˈt̪i.nwʊ]
• Rhymes: -inwo
• Hyphenation: con‧ti‧nuo

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin continuus.

Adjective

continuo (feminine continua, masculine plural continuos, feminine plural continuas)

1. continuous

Derived terms

• continuamente

Related terms

• continuar
• continuidade

Further reading

• “continuo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Etymology 2

Verb

continuo

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of continuar