contínuo

See also: continuo, continúo, continuó, and continuò

Portuguese

Alternative forms

contino (poetic or obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin continuus.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈt͡ʃĩ.nu.u/ [kõˈt͡ʃĩ.nʊ.u], (faster pronunciation) /kõˈt͡ʃĩ.nwu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈt͡ʃi.nu.o/ [kõˈt͡ʃi.nʊ.o], (faster pronunciation) /kõˈt͡ʃi.nwo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈti.nwu/

Hyphenation: con‧tí‧nu‧o

Adjective

contínuo (feminine contínua, masculine plural contínuos, feminine plural contínuas)

continuous (without break, cessation, or interruption in time)
Synonyms: ininterrupto, seguido, sucessivo, continuado, constante

Antonyms: inconstante, incontínuo, intervalado, descontínuo

Derived terms

corrente-contínua

Related terms

continuação, continuador, continuar, continuidade, continuum

Noun

contínuo m (plural contínuos, feminine contínua, feminine plural contínuas)

something that is continuous
office boy
Synonyms: office boy, estafeta, moço de recados
- 1981, Braz Chediak, director, Bonitinha, mas Ordinária ou Otto Lara Resende, spoken by Edgar (José Wilker):
  E tem mais! Eu sou um ex-contínuo e você é um filho da puta! Seu filho da puta!
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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