contino
contino is the alternative form of continuo.
Meaning of continuo
Noun
continuo (plural continuos)
- A member of the personal guard of the medieval and early modern Spanish or Portuguese kings.
Proper noun capitalized: Contino
Contino (plural Continos)
- A surname.
Forms of contino
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | continos |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Continos |
Origin of contino
From early modern Portuguese and Spanish contino, ellipsis of ombre contino, from Latin continuum.
From Spanish and Portuguese contino.
Questions about contino
- What does contino mean?
- Contino means a surname.
- What is contino the alternative form of?
- Contino is the alternative form of continuo.
- What part of speech is contino?
- Contino is a proper noun.
Words near contino in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: contino (page history and authors); Contino (page history and authors); continuo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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