This is the 3992nd most frequent Catalan word.
continués
"Continués" is the past subjunctive form of "continuar," meaning "you/he/she/it continued" or "would continue" in English, depending on the context.
In this sentence, 'continués' is used as the subjunctive (imperative) form of 'continuar', matching the requirements of
Esperava que ell continués amb el projecte després del meu retir.
I hoped he would continue with the project after my retirement.
Here, 'continués' is used in a conditional clause to express a hypothetical action that could lead to a result.
Si jo continués estudiant cada dia, podria aprendre un idioma en un any.
If I kept studying every day, I could learn a language in a year.
In this example, 'continués' functions as a subjunctive form to express a requested or wished action, dependent on the verb 'demanar'.