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 impersonal1. 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
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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.
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Verb conjugation
| Infinitive: | seguir | ||||
| gerundio: | siguiendo | ||||
| participio pasado: | seguido | ||||
| Presente | Pretérito | Imperfect | Futuro | Subjuntivo | |
| Yo Tú Ella/Él/Usted Nosotros Vosotros Ellos/Ustedes | sigo sigues sigue seguimos seguís siguen | seguí seguiste siguió seguimos seguisteis siguieron | seguía seguías seguía seguíamos seguíais seguían | seguiré seguirás seguirá seguiremos seguiréis seguirán | siga sigas siga sigamos sigáis sigan |
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