seguir

=

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
Tú	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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