según
See also: segun
Asturian
editEtymology
editConjunction
editsegún
Preposition
editsegún
- in accordance with
- according to
Spanish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Spanish segund, segunt, inherited from Latin secundus with, per Coromines, a 'semi-learned' treatment of the stressed vowel[1] (*segón would have been expected otherwise). Doublet of segundo. Related to seguir (“follow”).
Pronunciation
editPreposition
editsegún
- according to
- Synonyms: acorde a, de acuerdo con
- Según dice Marta...
- According to what Marta says...
- Según la leyenda...
- According to the legend...
- as, just as, the same way
- Todo queda según estaba.
- Everything stays just as it was.
- depending on
Usage notes
edit- Unlike most Spanish prepositions, según governs the nominative and not the prepositional case with pronouns. Thus:
- según yo ― according to me
- según tú ― according to you
- Regional colloquial usage of the preposition según as an adverbial phrase when followed by que expresses evidential mood, indicating hearsay or non-commitment (meaning roughly "supposedly" or "it is said").
- Según que tiene SIDA. ― They say that he has AIDS.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983) “seguir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 191
Further reading
edit- “según”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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