seguir

Senses

1. 1.

   to follow

   to go after or behind someone/something in the same direction

2. 2.

   to continue

   to keep on doing something without interruption

3. 3.

   to pursue

   to chase or seek something/someone

4. 4.

   to follow (social media, etc.)

   to subscribe to or track updates from someone online

Examples

• "Ele seguiu o ladrão pela rua."

  He followed the thief down the street.

• "Vou seguir trabalhando até terminar o projeto."

  I'm going to keep working until I finish the project.

• "Ela segue vários influenciadores nas redes sociais."

  She follows several influencers on social media.

Usage

One of the most common verbs in Portuguese. Conjugates regularly in most tenses but has irregular forms in present subjunctive (siga, sigas). Often used with gerunds (seguir + -ando/-endo/-indo) to mean "to keep on/continue doing something"; this construction is very natural in Brazilian Portuguese.