seguire
See also: seguiré
Italian
Etymology
From earlier *sequire, from Vulgar Latin *sequīre of deponent Classical Latin sequī, from Proto-Italic *sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor, derived from the root *sekʷ- (“follow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈɡwi.re/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ire
- Hyphenation: se‧guì‧re
Verb
seguìre (first-person singular present séguo or sèguo, first-person singular past historic seguìi, past participle seguìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive) to follow, to pursue
- (transitive) to follow (a path), to go in a certain direction
- (transitive) to follow (an order), to carry out
- (transitive) to follow (an interest), to take an interest in
- (intransitive) to follow, to come after (to follow in a succession) [auxiliary essere]
- procedere come segue ― to proceed as follows
Conjugation
Conjugation of seguìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → English: segue