continuación

/kontinwaˈθjon/ · B1 · noun · f

continuance

🔗 continu- + -ación = continue + -ation: same Latin root as English

From Latin continuatio, from continere, to hold together (con- with + tenere to hold). Spanish -ción matches English -tion, and nouns ending in -ción are feminine: la continuación. Related: continuar, to continue.

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