seguir

Etymology

Inherited 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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səˈɣi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [seˈɣiɾ]

Verb

seguir (first-person singular present segueixo, first-person singular preterite seguí, past participle seguit)

1. to follow, to go after
2. to continue; to keep on [with present participle]

   segueix sent bona idea ― it's still a good idea

3. to follow, to observe, to obey (a rule)

References

• “seguir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “seguir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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.

Alternative forms

• siguir

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese seguir, from Vulgar Latin *sequīre, from deponent Classical Latin sequī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [seˈɣiɾ], [seˈħiɾ]

Verb

seguir (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)

1. 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

2. to keep; to continue

References

• 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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

Alternative forms

• sègre

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin *sequīre, from deponent Classical Latin sequī.

Pronunciation

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Verb

seguir

1. to follow

Conjugation

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		simple			compound
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

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Etymology

From 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

• Hyphenation: se‧guir

Verb

seguir (first-person singular present sigo, third-person singular present segue, first-person singular preterite segui, past participle seguido)

1. 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.

2. (reflexive) to follow (to occur afterwards)
3. (social media) to follow (to subscribe to see content from an account)

Further reading

• “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, 2015–2025
• “seguir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Etymology

Inherited 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

• IPA^(key): /seˈɡiɾ/ [seˈɣ̞iɾ]

• Audio:

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• Audio (Peru):

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• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: se‧guir

Verb

seguir (first-person singular present sigo, first-person singular preterite seguí, past participle seguido)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to follow

   ¡Sígueme! ― Follow me!

   Ahora siguen los postres ― Now follow the desserts.

2. 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?

3. 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.

4. (transitive) to observe, to obey (a rule, religion)
5. (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:

     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.

6. to remain, to stay, to still be
7. to ensue
8. to follow, to pursue, to track, to trace, to tail, to chase
9. to proceed
10. (intransitive) to continue, to keep up
11. to follow up
12. to follow in, to continue
13. to stick to
14. (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.

Further reading

• “seguir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10