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seguir

/seˈɡiɾ/, [seˈɣ̞iɾ]

continue, follow

Verb 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 las mujeres.
    The article stresses that women'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)
  6. to remain, to stay, to still be
  7. to follow, to pursue, to track, to trace, to tail, to chase
  8. to proceed
  9. (intransitive) to continue, to keep up
  10. to follow up
  11. to follow in, to continue
  12. to stick to
  13. (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.

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • Ella le aconsejó seguir una dieta estricta.

    She advised him to go on a strict diet.

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  • Deberías seguir hasta que lo logres.

    You should keep on until you succeed.

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  • No podemos seguir engañándonos.

    We can't keep on fooling ourselves.

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  • Tengo que hacer eso todos los días para seguir con vida.

    I have to do that every day to keep living.

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  • No quiero seguir haciendo esto.

    I don't want to keep doing this.

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  • No te puedo seguir si caminas tan rápido.

    I can't keep up with you if you walk so fast.

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  • Debemos seguir las reglas.

    We have to go by the rules.

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  • Debemos seguir estudiando mientras vivamos.

    We must continue to study as long as we live.

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  • La flecha indica el camino a seguir.

    The arrow indicates the way to go.

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  • Estaba demasiado agotado para seguir trabajando.

    I was too tired to go on working.

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