English Explanatory Dictionary

continuo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Ellipsis of basso continuo.
noun
  1. A member of the personal guard of the medieval and early modern Spanish or Portuguese kings.

Word forms

continuo continuos contino

Etymology

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

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