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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

continuar

to continue

  • #46 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: continuando
  • Past participle: continuado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. eu I continue
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you continue
  3. nós we continue
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all continue

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

  1. eu I continued
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you continued
  3. nós we continued
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all continued

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

  1. eu I am going to continue
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you are going to continue
  3. nós we are going to continue
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all are going to continue

Imperfect

Pretérito Imperfeito · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. eu I used to continue
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you used to continue
  3. nós we used to continue
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all used to continue

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

  1. eu I would continue
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you would continue
  3. nós we would continue
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all would continue

Present subjunctive

Presente do Subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. eu (that) I continue
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (that) you continue
  3. nós (that) we continue
  4. vocês, eles, elas (that) you all continue

Past subjunctive

Imperfeito do Subjuntivo · “if I were”, “se …”

  1. eu (if) I continued
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (if) you continued
  3. nós (if) we continued
  4. vocês, eles, elas (if) you all continued

Future subjunctive

Futuro do Subjuntivo · “when” and “if” about the future

  1. eu (when) I continue
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (when) you continue
  3. nós (when) we continue
  4. vocês, eles, elas (when) you all continue

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você continue!
  2. vocês continue! (all of you)

How to use continuar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Eu continuo estudando português todo dia.

    I keep studying Portuguese every day.

  2. Past

    A chuva continuou a noite inteira.

    The rain went on all night.

  3. Future

    Vocês vão continuar morando aqui?

    Are you going to keep living here?

  4. Imperfect

    Mesmo cansada, ela continuava sorrindo.

    Even tired, she kept smiling.

  5. Conditional

    Eu continuaria no curso se fosse mais barato.

    I'd stay in the course if it were cheaper.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que você continue praticando.

    I hope you keep practicing.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele continuasse assim, ficaria doente.

    If he carried on like that, he'd get sick.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se continuar chovendo, a gente fica em casa.

    If it keeps raining, we'll stay home.

  9. Imperative

    Continue reto e vire na segunda à esquerda.

    Keep going straight and turn at the second left.

Good to know

  • "Continuar a" or "continuar" plus the gerund: continuou a falar, continuou falando.

Where you hear continuar

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 1

  • A festa continua. The party goes on.
  • A chuva continuou. The rain continued.
  • Eu vou continuar estudando. I'm going to keep studying.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • Eu continuo estudando português todo dia. I keep studying Portuguese every day.
  • Choveu, mas a gente continuou dançando. It rained, but we kept on dancing.
  • Eu vou continuar trabalhando de casa. I'm going to keep working from home.
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When Are You Coming Back?

Beginner Level 1 · continuar

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Come What May

Intermediate Level 2 · continua · continuou

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.