siguió

Siguió is the third-person singular preterite form of the Spanish verb seguir. It can mean “he/she/you (formal) followed” or, in contexts of continuation, “he/she/you (formal) continued.” The preterite signals a completed action in the past. The verb shows a stem change in this tense, with segu- becoming sigu- before the endings, as in siguió.

Usage notes:

- As a transitive verb, seguir means to follow someone or something: El guardia siguió al sospechoso. (The guard followed the suspect.)

- In a sense of continuation, seguir means to go on or to proceed: La conversación siguió durante horas. (The conversation went on for hours.)

- In combination with a gerund, seguir expresses continuing an action: Siguió trabajando a pesar de la lluvia. (He kept working despite the rain.)

- Followed by an object pronoun, it can also convey pursuit or adherence in various contexts: seguir a alguien, seguir una regla.

Related forms and morphology:

- Other person forms include sigo, sigues, sigue (present); seguimos, siguen (present).

- Preterite forms include seguí, seguiste, siguió, seguimos, siguieron.

- Related meanings use continuar and perseguir, depending on whether the sense is to continue or to pursue.

- Siguió contrasts with imperfect siguía (I/he/she was following or used to follow) and with siguieron (they followed).

Etymology:

- Derived from Latin sequī, “to follow.” The modern form retains the core semantic link to following or continuing, adapted through the Spanish verb system.

Translations vary by context, including “follow,” “pursue,” and “continue,” with nuance determined by surrounding language and tense.