seguir

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan seguir), from Vulgar Latin *sequīre (compare Spanish seguir, French suivre), remodeled from Latin sequī, present infinitive of sequor, from Proto-Italic *sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (to follow).

Pronunciation

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)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading


Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese seguir, from Vulgar Latin root *sequīre, remodeled 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

Conjugation


Occitan

Alternative forms

  • sègre

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *sequīre, remodeled from Latin sequī, present infinitive of sequor

Verb

seguir

  1. to follow

Conjugation


Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese seguir, from Vulgar Latin root *sequīre, formed from Latin sequī, present active infinitive of sequor, from Proto-Italic *sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (to follow). Cognate with English segue, suit, and sue.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨˈɡiɾ/, [sɨˈɣiɾ]
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /se.ˈɡi(ʁ)/

Verb

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

  1. to follow (to go or come after in physical space)

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:seguir.


Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin root *sequīre, remodeled from Latin sequī, present active infinitive of sequor, from Proto-Italic *sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (to follow). Cognate with English segue, suit, and sue.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seˈɡiɾ/, [seˈɣiɾ]

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 postresNow 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.

    Derived terms

    References

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