seguir
Catalan
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Catalan seguir, from Vulgar Latin *sequĕre (with a change in conjugation), regularization of Latin sequī, from Proto-Italic *sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editseguir (first-person singular present segueixo, first-person singular preterite seguí, past participle seguit)
- to follow, to go after
- to continue; to keep on [with present participle]
- segueix sent bona idea ― it's still a good idea
- to follow, to observe, to obey (a rule)
Conjugation
editinfinitive | seguir | ||||||
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gerund | seguint | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | seguit | seguida | |||||
plural | seguits | seguides | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | segueixo | segueixes | segueix | seguim | seguiu | segueixen | |
imperfect | seguia | seguies | seguia | seguíem | seguíeu | seguien | |
future | seguiré | seguiràs | seguirà | seguirem | seguireu | seguiran | |
preterite | seguí | seguires | seguí | seguírem | seguíreu | seguiren | |
conditional | seguiria | seguiries | seguiria | seguiríem | seguiríeu | seguirien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | segueixi | segueixis | segueixi | seguim | seguiu | segueixin | |
imperfect | seguís | seguissis | seguís | seguíssim | seguíssiu | seguissin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | segueix | segueixi | seguim | seguiu | segueixin | |
negative (no) | — | no segueixis | no segueixi | no seguim | no seguiu | no segueixin |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- “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.
Galician
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese seguir, from Vulgar Latin *sequīre, from deponent Classical Latin sequī.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editseguir (first-person singular present sigo, third-person singular present segue, first-person singular preterite seguín, past participle seguido)
seguir (first-person singular present sigo, third-person singular present segue, first-person singular preterite seguim or segui, past participle seguido, reintegrationist norm)
- to follow, come after
- 1319, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo., Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 239:
- nos o conçello et alcaldes et juyz non deuemos de resçeber enna villa de Viueiro outro homme ninguno poderoso nen outro por que se posa seguir desseruiço del rey nen de uos o dito sennor obispo
- We, said Council and mayors and judge, should nor receive in the town of Viveiro no other powerful man whoever, nor other from whom it can follow any disservice of King or of Thou, said lord bishop
- to keep; to continue
Conjugation
edit1Less recommended.
Related terms
editReferences
edit- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “seguir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “seguir”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “seguir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “seguir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “seguir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Occitan
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin *sequīre, from deponent Classical Latin sequī.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Verb
editseguir
- to follow
Conjugation
editsimple | compound | ||||||
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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 |
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese seguir, from Vulgar Latin *sequīre, from deponent Classical Latin sequī, from Proto-Italic *sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”).
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: se‧guir
Verb
editseguir (first-person singular present sigo, third-person singular present segue, first-person singular preterite segui, past participle seguido)
- 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.
- (reflexive) to follow (to occur afterwards)
- (social media) to follow (to subscribe to see content from an account)
Conjugation
editQuotations
edit- For quotations using this term, see Citations:seguir.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- Macanese: seguí
Further reading
edit- “seguir” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “seguir”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “seguir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Vulgar Latin *sequīre, from deponent Classical Latin sequī, sequor, from Proto-Italic *sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”). Cognate with English segue, suit, sequel, sequence, and sue.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editseguir (first-person singular present sigo, first-person singular preterite seguí, past participle seguido)
- (transitive) to follow
- ¡Sígueme! ― Follow me!
- Ahora siguen los postres ― Now follow the desserts.
- 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?
- to further do something
- El artículo destaca que es necesario seguir mejorando los derechos de los hombres.
- The article stresses that men's rights need to be further improved.
- (transitive) to observe, to obey (a rule, religion)
- (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.
- to remain, to stay, to still be
- to ensue
- to follow, to pursue, to track, to trace, to tail, to chase
- to proceed
- (intransitive) to continue, to keep up
- to follow up
- to follow in, to continue
- to stick to
- (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.
Conjugation
editinfinitive | seguir | ||||||
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gerund | siguiendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | seguido | seguida | |||||
plural | seguidos | seguidas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | sigo | siguestú seguísvos |
sigue | seguimos | seguís | siguen | |
imperfect | seguía | seguías | seguía | seguíamos | seguíais | seguían | |
preterite | seguí | seguiste | siguió | seguimos | seguisteis | siguieron | |
future | seguiré | seguirás | seguirá | seguiremos | seguiréis | seguirán | |
conditional | seguiría | seguirías | seguiría | seguiríamos | seguiríais | seguirían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | siga | sigastú sigásvos2 |
siga | sigamos | sigáis | sigan | |
imperfect (ra) |
siguiera | siguieras | siguiera | siguiéramos | siguierais | siguieran | |
imperfect (se) |
siguiese | siguieses | siguiese | siguiésemos | siguieseis | siguiesen | |
future1 | siguiere | siguieres | siguiere | siguiéremos | siguiereis | siguieren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | siguetú seguívos |
siga | sigamos | seguid | sigan | ||
negative | no sigas | no siga | no sigamos | no sigáis | no sigan |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
edit- el que la sigue la consigue
- 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
editFurther reading
edit- “seguir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16
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