contino

See also: Contino

English

Etymology

From early modern Portuguese and Spanish contino, ellipsis of ombre contino, from Latin continuum.

Noun

contino (plural continos)

1. (historical) Alternative form of continuo, a personal guard of the Spanish or Portuguese king.

Italian

Verb

contino

1. inflection of contare:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Anagrams

• connoti

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continuus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈt͡ʃi.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈti.nu/

• Hyphenation: con‧ti‧no

Adjective

contino (feminine contina, masculine plural continos, feminine plural continas)

1. (obsolete, poetic) Alternative form of contínuo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtino/ [kõn̪ˈt̪i.no]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: con‧ti‧no

Adjective

contino (feminine contina, masculine plural continos, feminine plural continas)

1. Obsolete spelling of continuo.

Noun

contino m (plural continos)

1. Obsolete spelling of continuo.

Further reading

• “contino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28