seguir

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to follow

verb

seguir
transitive verb
1. to follow (ir detrás de)
  • tú ve delante, que yo te sigo -> you go ahead, I'll follow o I'll go behind
  • seguir algo de cerca -> to follow o monitor something closely (desarrollo, resultados)
2. to follow (perseguir)
  • me parece que nos siguen -> I think we're being followed
3. to continue, to resume (reanudar)
4. (cursar)
  • sigue un curso de italiano -> he's doing an Italian course
intransitive verb
5. (sucederse)
  • seguir a algo -> to follow something
  • la lluvia siguió a los truenos -> the thunder was followed by rain
6. to continue, to go on (continuar)
  • ¡sigue, no te pares! -> go o carry on, don't stop!
  • aquí se baja él, yo sigo -> he's getting out here, I'm going on (al taxista)
  • sigo trabajando en la fábrica -> I'm still working at the factory
  • debes seguir haciéndolo -> you should keep on o carry on doing it
  • sigo pensando que está mal -> I still think it's wrong
  • sigue enferma/en el hospital -> she's still ill/in hospital
  • ¿qué tal sigue la familia? -> how's the family getting on o keeping?
seguirse
verb impersonal
1. to follow
  • seguirse de algo -> to follow o be deduced from something
  • de esto se sigue que estás equivocado -> it therefore follows that you are wrong

seguir [say-geer’]
article & verb transitive
1. To follow, to pursue (carrera, rumbo).
2. To follow, to prosecute, to be in pursuit of one.
3. To follow, to accompany, to attend; to come after; to make at; to march in.
4. To follow, to profess, or exercise any science or art.
5. To manage a suit at law or any other business.
6. To agree or conform to.
7. To copy, to imitate.
8. To direct to the proper road or method.
  • Seguir los acontecimientos de cerca -> to monitor events closely
verb neuter
9. To follow (venir después). (n)
10. To continue (continuar). (n)
  • Y los que siguen -> and the next ones
verb reflexive
11. To ensue, to follow as a consequence (venir después).
12. To succeed, to follow in order.
13. To issue, to spring from.
14. To go on.

Verb Conjugation for "seguir"

Infinitive
seguir
Gerund
siguiendo
Participle
seguido
Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo sigo seguí seguía seguiré siga
sigues seguiste seguías seguirás sigas
Ella/Él/Usted sigue siguió seguía seguirá siga
Nosotros seguimos seguimos seguíamos seguiremos sigamos
Vosotros seguís seguisteis seguíais seguiréis sigáis
Ellos/Ustedes siguen siguieron seguían seguirán sigan
Complete seguir conjugation

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