Learn Spanish (Latin America): Sigo buscando el éxito porque quiero mejorar mi vida. - I keep looking for success because I want to improve my life.

To say you "keep doing" or "continue doing" something in Spanish, you use the verb seguir (to continue) followed by a gerund (the "-ing" form of a verb). Here, sigo means "I keep" and buscando is the gerund of buscar, meaning "looking."

Why is there no word for "for" after buscando?

The verb buscar actually means "to look for" or "to search for." The "for" is already built into the word! Saying buscando por is a common mistake for English speakers, but you only need buscando.

Is éxito a false friend? It looks like "exit."

Yes, it is a classic false friend! éxito means "success." If you are looking for an exit or a way out of a building, you would look for a salida.

Why is there an el before éxito? In English we just say "success," not "the success."

In Spanish, when you talk about abstract concepts or things in a general sense like "success," "love," or "time," you usually need to include the definite article (el or la). So "success" becomes el éxito.