seguitare

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sequitāre (follow), from sequor (to follow) + -itō (frequentative suffix). See sequitus. Compare Sicilian sicutari.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /se.ɡwiˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: se‧gui‧tà‧re

Verb

seguitàre (first-person singular present séguito, first-person singular past historic seguitài, past participle seguitàto, auxiliary (transitive, also alternatively when intransitive in the meaning "to continue") avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to continue (one's work or studies, a speech, etc.)
  2. (transitive, uncommon) to chase (game) (of dogs)
  3. (transitive, archaic or literary) to follow, to pursue
  4. (transitive, archaic or literary) to persecute
  5. (intransitive, uncommon) to continue (in time or space) [auxiliary essere or avere]
  6. (intransitive, uncommon) to persist, to persevere [auxiliary essere]
  7. (intransitive, literary) to happen after [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • seguitare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Verb

seguitare

  1. to continue