follow

∗ ≈

seguir

∗ verb

follow
[?f?l??]
verbo transitivo
1 seguir (person, path, route)
  • I think we're being followed -> creo que nos están siguiendo
  • the road follows the coast -> la carretera va a lo largo de la costa
  • to follow one's nose -> seguir todo recto; (go straight ahead) guiarse por el instinto (act instinctively)
  • to follow suit -> seguir el ejemplo
2 seguir (example, pattern, fashion, instructions) ; hacer, seguir (career)
3 seguir (understand)
  • I don't quite follow you -> no te sigo bien
4 seguir (pay attention to)
verbo intransitivo
5 seguir (come after)
  • proceed as follows -> proceda de la siguiente forma
6 (result)
  • it follows that… -> se sigue or deduce que…
  • it follows from X that Y -> de X se deduce que Y
7 entender (understand)
  • I don't follow -> no (lo) entiendo

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follow [fo-lou]
1 Seguir, ir detrás de alguien; moverse, andar detrás de alguno en la misma dirección; acompañar, escoltar, ir en compañía.
2 Seguir, venir después, suceder en orden o tiempo.
3 Perseguir.
4 Imitar; obedecer, copiar.
5 Obrar conforme a; ponerse de parte de; tener, sostener las mismas opiniones.
6 Aplicarse, dedicarse a ; cuidar sus asuntos; poner en práctica.
7 Observar, tener en vista o en la mente.
8 Resultar, ser consecuencia de algo.
9 Procurar obtener lo que se desea.
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
10 Seguir, venir una persona o cosa tras otra. (n)
11 Seguirse, suceder y continuar una cosa a otra. (n)
12 Seguirse, originarse, resultar, provenir. (n)
  • To follow the law -> estudiar el derecho
  • To follow one’s business -> cuidar de sus negocios
  • To follow one’s pleasures -> abandonarse a los placeres
  • To follow again -> volver a seguir
  • It follows -> síguese, resulta, la consecuencia de eso es
  • As follows -> como sigue
  • To follow up -> continuar, proseguir
  • To follow on -> continuar prosiguiendo, perseverar
va.

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follow [ˈfɒləʊ]
verb:transitive
1 (come, go after) seguir
follow that car! ¡siga a ese coche!; follow me sígame; she arrived first, followed by the ambassador ella llegó primero, seguida del embajador
the child follows him everywhere a bodyguard follows the president everywhere he followed Janice to New York two weeks later
to follow sb about aroundaboutoraround seguir a algn a todas partes
to follow sb [in]/[out] the dog's not mine - /it just followed me in/ to follow sb into a room
he followed me into the roominto entró en la habitación detrás de mí
I followed her out into the gardenout salí al jardín detrás de ella
we followed her up the stepsup la seguimos escaleras arriba; subimos (las escaleras) detrás de ella
to follow one's nose (go straight on) ir todo seguido; (use one's instinct) dejarse guiar por el instinto
Just follow your nose and you'll be fine
2 (succeed)
the days following her death los días que siguieron a su muerte; the dinner will be followed by a concert después de la cena habrá un concierto; he followed his father into the business siguió los pasos de su padre en el negocio; they followed this with threats tras esto empezaron a amenazarnos; the bombing follows a series of recent attacks los bombardeos se han producido tras una serie de ataques recientes; following our meeting I spoke to the director tras nuestra reunión hablé con el director
this was followed by a request for ... he was arrested in the confusion which followed the problems that followed her resignation potatoes are the most popular food, followed by white bread
as sure(ly) as night follows day como dos y dos son cuatro
act
3 (pursue) seguir
we're being followed nos están siguiendo; nos vienen siguiendo; she could feel his eyes following her sentía que la seguía con la mirada
he was following me with his eyes his eye followed the bird's flight I followed him with my eyes until he turned the corner police may follow a suspect for days before he leads them to any evidence
to have sb followedhave mandar seguir a algn
he had his wife followed because he suspected she was seeing someone else the police had the man followed to see if he would lead them to anyone involved in the crime
to follow a leadlead seguir una pista
4 (keep to) [+road, river] seguir; ir por
the road follows the coast la carretera sigue la costa va por la costa;or
the river follows a winding course
5 (observe) [+instructions, advice, example, fashion] seguir; [+rules] obedecer; cumplir
I wouldn't advise you to follow that course of action no le aconsejo que tome ese camino esas medidas;or
take care to follow the instructions carefully no two chefs follow the same recipe all we had to do was follow the map the best thing to do in this job is follow the rules and keep out of the boss's way I was only following the rules and look what's happened I would follow your doctor's advice if I were you He did his best to follow that advice all his life listen to her and follow her advice they look down on people who don't follow the latest fashion they wore Western clothes, followed Western fashions Helen never follows fashion trends I followed fashion and back-combed my hair to follow sb's [example] follow your father's example and you can't go far wrong
pattern suit
6 (engage in) [+career] emprender; [+profession] ejercer; [+trade] dedicarse a; [+religion] profesar; ser seguidor de
course of study on leaving university she decided to follow a career in advertising America showed itself to be suspicious of a married woman who followed a career independently they advised him to follow another career before thinking of entering politics he trained in Britain as an engineer and followed that profession, along with business interests, in Singapore in the 1960s if he'd been honest and followed his trade he could have made fifty quid a week si se hubiese dedicado a su oficio a lo suyo do you follow any particular religion? my uncle suggested I follow a course of study in a more useful subject
7 (be interested in) [+news] seguir; mantenerse al corriente de; [+TV serial] seguir; [+sb's progress] seguir
do you follow football? ¿eres aficionado al fútbol?; which team do you follow? ¿de qué equipo eres?
we follow Borchester in my job as a press officer I have to follow the news they've been following the news about Somalia very closely have you been following the news? she follows all the soap operas on TV are you following that series of programmes on antiques? she was following Laura's progress closely their uncle always followed the childrens' progress at school the film follows the fortunes of two women
8 (understand) [+person, argument] seguir; entender
do you follow me? ¿me sigue?; ¿me entiende?; I don't quite follow you no te acabo de entender
I couldn't follow the plot he mumbled so much I couldn't follow what he was saying
it was a difficult plot to follow era un trama difícil de seguir
I didn't quite follow the plot
verb:intransitive
1 (come after)
they led her in and I followed la llevaron dentro y yo entré detrás; to follow, there was roast lamb de segundo había cordero asado; roast chicken, with apple pie to follow pollo asado y después de postre un pastel de manzana; what follows is an eye-witness account lo que viene a continuación es la versión de un testigo presencial; further price rises are sure to follow no cabe duda de que tras esto los precios subirán aún más
where eastern Germany goes the rest will surely follow cinemas have put their prices up and cigarette and alcohol manufacturers are sure to follow
as followsas
the text reads as follows el texto dice lo siguiente; el texto dice así; the winners are as follows los ganadores son los siguientes
he answered as follows this can be achieved if you proceed as follows the book can be summed up as follows to follow (hard) on sb's heels the man left the pub with the inspector following hard on his heels the cutbacks follow hard on the heels of 2,400 redundancies announced last Friday the Polynesians were the first to do this, with the Europeans following hard on their heels
heel footstep
2 (result, ensue) deducirse
that doesn't follow eso no cuadra; de ahí no se puede deducir eso
"they can't get on with each other that badly if they were having dinner together" "that doesn't follow - someone else could have arranged the meal"
it follows that ... (de lo cual) se deduce que ...; se deduce pues que ...
It therefore follows that diets should be tailored to individual needs it follows that if we speed up the rate at which cells are being shed, we will speed up the rate at which new cells are formed to replace them it follows that, since our death is useless, we might as well save our lives As shareholders are unlikely to accept a cut in profits it follows that this increase will be passed on to shoppers in the form of higher prices
it doesn't follow that ... no significa que ...
just because we are making investigations it does not necessarily follow that a crime has been committed just because a bird does not breed one year, it does not follow that it will fail the next
3 (understand) entender
I don't quite follow no lo sigo del todo; no lo acabo de entender
I did my best to follow but the technical jargon was totally beyond me

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Verb Conjugation for "follow"

Imperative
  • follow
  • you follow
  • he/she follows
  • we follow
  • you follow
  • they follow
Preterite
  • I followed
  • you followed
  • he/she followed
  • we followed
  • you followed
  • they followed
Present Continuous
  • I am following
  • you are following
  • he/she is following
  • we are following
  • you are following
  • they are following
Present Perfect
  • I have followed
  • you have followed
  • he/she has followed
  • we have followed
  • you have followed
  • they have followed
Past Continuous
  • I was following
  • you were following
  • he/she was following
  • we were following
  • you were following
  • they were following
Past Perfect
  • I had followed
  • you had followed
  • he/she had followed
  • we had followed
  • you had followed
  • they had followed
Future
  • I will follow
  • you will follow
  • he/she will follow
  • we will follow
  • you will follow
  • they will follow
Future Perfect
  • I will have followed
  • you will have followed
  • he/she will have followed
  • we will have followed
  • you will have followed
  • they will have followed
Future Continuous
  • I will be following
  • you will be following
  • he/she will be following
  • we will be following
  • you will be following
  • they will be following
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been following
  • you have been following
  • he/she has been following
  • we have been following
  • you have been following
  • they have been following
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been following
  • you will have been following
  • he/she will have been following
  • we will have been following
  • you will have been following
  • they will have been following
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been following
  • you had been following
  • he/she had been following
  • we had been following
  • you had been following
  • they had been following
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