seguir

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”).

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

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)

• seguiment
• resseguir

• “seguir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “seguir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

• siguir

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

• IPA^(key): [seˈɣiɾ], [seˈħiɾ]

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

• 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: ILG
• 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

• sègre

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

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seguir

1. to follow

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”).

• Hyphenation: se‧guir

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)

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:seguir.

• Macanese: seguí

• “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, 2015–2024
• “seguir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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.

• IPA^(key): /seˈɡiɾ/ [seˈɣ̞iɾ]

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• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: se‧guir

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

1. (transitive) 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^[1]:

     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.

• “seguir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28