seguir

Catalan

Etymology

From (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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səˈɣi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [seˈɣiɾ]

Verb

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

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

Derived terms

• resseguir

Related terms

• aconseguir
• prosseguir
• següent
• seguici

 

Further reading

• “seguir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “seguir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “seguir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “seguir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese seguir, from Vulgar Latin root *sequīre, remodeled from Latin sequī, present active infinitive of sequor.

Verb

1. to follow
2. to keep; to continue

Related terms

• seguinte

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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

    Conjugation of seguir in Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		seguir			?er seguit
past participle		seguit			—
gerund		seguissent			?ent seguit
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	seguissi	seguisses	seguís	seguissèm	seguissètz	seguisson
	imperfect	seguissiái	seguissiás	seguissiá	seguissiam	seguissiatz	seguissián
	preterite	seguiguèri	seguiguères	seguiguèt	seguiguèrem	seguiguèretz	seguiguèron
	future	seguirai	seguiràs	seguirà	seguirem	seguiretz	seguiràn
	conditional	seguiriái	seguiriás	seguiriá	seguiriam	seguiriatz	seguirián
	conditional 2nd form1	seguiguèra	seguiguèras	seguiguèra	seguigueram	seguigueratz	seguiguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	seguisca	seguiscas	seguisca	seguiscam	seguiscatz	seguiscan
	imperfect	seguiguèsse	seguiguèsses	seguiguèsse	seguiguèssem	seguiguèssetz	seguiguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			seguís		seguiscam	seguissetz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-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

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

Verb

1. to follow (to go or come after in physical space)
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, 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 quotations using this term, see Citations:seguir.

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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/ [seˈɣ̞iɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive) to follow

   ¡Sígueme! ― Follow me!

   Ahora siguen los postres ― Now follow the desserts.

2. to continue (on); to keep, to keep on (can be combined with the gerund to indicate that someone or something continues doing something)

   Este tío sigue hablando sin parar. ― This guy keeps talking nonstop.

   ¿Y todavía sigues sin hablarle? ― And you still don't talk to him?

   ¿Sigues ahí? ― Are you still there?

3. to further do something

   El artículo destaca que es necesario seguir mejorando los derechos de las mujeres.

   The article stresses that women's rights need to be further improved.

4. (transitive) to observe, to obey (a rule, religion)
5. (Internet, transitive) to follow (to subscribe to content from an account)
   • 2019 April 26, “La CIA abre su cuenta en Instagram, y la estrenó con una misteriosa foto”, in El Nuevo Día‎^[1]:

     Aunque por el momento la cuenta no sigue a nadie, esta ya acumula 34,000 seguidores y seguramente la cifra seguirá en aumento.

     Although for the moment the account doesn't follow anyone, it has already amassed 34,000 followers and the number will surely keep growing.

6. to remain, to stay, to still be
7. to follow, to pursue, to track, to trace, to tail, to chase
8. to proceed
9. (intransitive) to continue, to keep up
10. to follow up
11. to follow in, to continue
12. to stick to
13. (reflexive) to follow, to be followed

    Teniendo en cuenta lo anterior, se sigue que el diálogo entre ciencia y ética es de suma importancia.

    Given the above, it follows that dialogue between science and ethics is of the greatest importance.

Derived terms

• seguido
• seguidor
• seguimiento
• seguir adelante
• seguir el juego (“to play along”)
• seguir el rollo
• seguir la corriente (“to go with the flow”)
• suma y sigue

 

Related terms

• aseguir
• conseguir
• exeguir
• inseguir
• obseguir
• perseguir
• proseguir
• reseguir
• siguiente
• subseguir

 

Further reading

• “seguir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014