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)
- (transitive) to continue (one's work or studies, a speech, etc.)
- (transitive, uncommon) to chase (game) (of dogs)
- (transitive, archaic or literary) to follow, to pursue
- (transitive, archaic or literary) to persecute
- (intransitive, uncommon) to continue (in time or space) [auxiliary essere or avere]
- (intransitive, uncommon) to persist, to persevere [auxiliary essere]
- (intransitive, literary) to happen after [auxiliary essere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of seguitàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive, also alternatively when intransitive in the meaning "to continue".
2Intransitive.
Derived terms
Further reading
- seguitare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Venetian
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