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Galician

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin prōsequor, prosequi, modeled after Galician seguir.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [prʊ.se.ˈɣiɾ], [prʊ.se.ˈħiɾ]

Verb

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proseguir (first-person singular present prosigo, third-person singular present prosegue, first-person singular preterite proseguín, past participle proseguido)

  1. to continue

Conjugation

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Further reading

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin prosequi, modeled after Spanish seguir.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɾoseˈɡiɾ/ [pɾo.seˈɣ̞iɾ]
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: pro‧se‧guir

Verb

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proseguir (first-person singular present prosigo, first-person singular preterite proseguí, past participle proseguido)

  1. (transitive) to continue (proceed with, prolong)
    Synonyms: seguir, continuar
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 75:
      De distancia en distancia [el Lampalagua] saca la cabeza a la superficie, en medio de un potrero, a la entrada de un villorrio, y si tiene hambre, devora cuanto le rodea, así hombres como animales y sembrados, prosiguiendo después impertérrito su camino subterráneo.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (transitive) to pursue (aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation))
  3. (intransitive) to continue, go on (resume (especially speaking))

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “proseguir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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