seguidor

Catalan

Etymology

From seguir +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [sə.ɣiˈðu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [sə.ɣiˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [se.ɣiˈðoɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [se.ɣiˈðo]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

seguidor m (plural seguidors, feminine seguidora, feminine plural seguidores)

1. follower

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese seguir

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tōrem

Old Galician-Portuguese -dor

Portuguese -dor

Portuguese seguidor

From seguir + -dor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.ɡiˈdoʁ/ [se.ɡiˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.ɡiˈdoʁ/ [se.ɡiˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /se.ɡiˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /se.ɡiˈdoʁ/ [se.ɡiˈdoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /se.ɡiˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ɡiˈdoɾ/ [sɨ.ɣiˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ɡiˈdoɾ/ [sɨ.ɣiˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ɡiˈdo.ɾi/ [sɨ.ɣiˈðo.ɾi]

• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Hyphenation: se‧gui‧dor

Noun

seguidor m (plural seguidores, feminine seguidora, feminine plural seguidoras)

1. follower (one who follows: moves in the path of another thing)
2. follower (one who follows: adheres to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another)
3. (social media) follower (account holder who subscribes to see content from another account)

   Near-synonyms: inscrito, subscrito

Derived terms

• seguimor

Related terms

• seguinte
• seguir

Further reading

• “seguidor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “seguidor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish seguir

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Spanish -dor

Spanish seguidor

From seguir + -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɡiˈdoɾ/ [se.ɣ̞iˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: se‧gui‧dor

Noun

seguidor m (plural seguidores, feminine seguidora, feminine plural seguidoras)

1. follower
2. fan, supporter, hobbyist (person who likes and supports a sports team or an athlete very much)

   Synonyms: aficionado, (Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay) fan, hincha

   Los seguidores del Real Madrid no están contentos este año.

   The supporters of Real Madrid are not happy this year.

Related terms

• seguir

Further reading

• “seguidor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025