Is America a country or a continent?

Slang for The United States of America. The 'Americas' are the two continents, North and South America.

Surprisingly, it depends on what language you're speaking. In English, "America" refers to the USA. "North America" refers to the continent from Panama and further north. "South America" refers to the continent south of Panama. "The Americas" refers to the combined landmass of both North and South America.

In Spanish, "America" refers to both North America and South America combined. The USA is "Los Estados Unidos".

Kinda both.

"America" is often used as a convenient shorthand for "The United States of America", which is a country. Calling it just "America" is maybe theoretically inaccurate, but also so widespread that you're going to have a lot of misunderstandings if you don't just roll with it.

"North America" and "South America" are commonly identified as continents. Also, depending on your definition of what counts as a continent, maybe the narrow connection through Panama makes "the Americas" a single landmass that could just be called "America".

The USA is a country

North America is a continent. North America includes the USA and Canada

America is the shorthand for the United States of America, a country.

North America and South America are continents.

Continent, the countries on the continent are Canada, Mexico, The United States of America, to give a few examples

America = Continent formed by North America, Central America and South America.
United States of America, known as America by its citizens is a country in North America.

But americans always refers to the USA as America therefore the confusion