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seguir

seguir

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Verb

seguir (first-person singular present segueixo, past participle seguit)

  1. to follow, to go after
  2. to continue
  3. to follow, to observe, to obey (a rule)

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese seguir, from Vulgar Latin root *sequire, from Latin sequī, present active infinitive of sequor.

Verb

seguir (first-person singular present sigo, first-person singular preterite seguín, past participle seguido)

  1. to follow
  2. to keep; to continue

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Occitan

Etymology

Latin sequor

Verb

seguir

  1. to follow

Conjugation


Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese seguir, from Vulgar Latin root *sequire, from Latin sequī, present active infinitive of sequor.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨˈɡiɾ/, [sɨˈɣiɾ]

Verb

seguir (first-person singular present indicative sigo, past participle seguido)

  1. to follow (to go or come after in physical space)
    • 2003, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), Rocco, page 75:
      Não o perdoou por abandonar o serviço em vez de seguir você.
      She didn't forgive him for abandoning his service instead of following you.

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:seguir.

Conjugation


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seˈɡiɾ/, [seˈɣiɾ]

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin root *sequire, remodelled from Latin sequī, present active infinitive of sequor.

Verb

seguir (first-person singular present sigo, first-person singular preterite seguí, past participle seguido)

  1. (transitive) to follow
    ¡Sígueme!Follow me!
    Ahora siguen los postres ― Now follow the desserts.
  2. to continue; to go on; to keep, keep on can be combined with a present participle (-ndo form) to indicate that someone or something continues doing something
    Este tío sigue hablando sin parar. ― This guy keeps talking nonstop.
    ¿Sigues ahí? ― Are you still there?
  3. (transitive) to observe, to obey (a rule, religion)

Conjugation

  • Rule: e becomes i in certain conjugations; gu becomes a g before a or o.

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