perseguir

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *persequīre, from Latin persequī.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pər.səˈɣi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [peɾ.seˈɣiɾ]

perseguir (first-person singular present persegueixo, first-person singular preterite perseguí, past participle perseguit)

1. (transitive) to chase, to pursue
2. (transitive) to persecute
3. (transitive, law) to prosecute

• perseguidor

• persecució
• persecutori
• seguir

• “perseguir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “perseguir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “perseguir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “perseguir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin persequor, persequi.

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

perseguir (first-person singular present persigo, third-person singular present persegue, first-person singular preterite perseguín, past participle perseguido)
perseguir (first-person singular present persigo, third-person singular present persegue, first-person singular preterite perseguim or persegui, past participle perseguido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to pursue, follow
2. to chase

• “perseguir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “perseguir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *persequīre, from Latin persequor.

perseguir (first-person singular present persigo, third-person singular present persegue, first-person singular preterite persegui, past participle perseguido)

1. to pursue, follow
2. to chase

• seguir

Inherited from Old Spanish perseguir, from Vulgar Latin *persequīre, from Latin persequī. By surface analysis, per +‎ seguir. Cognate with English persecute.

• IPA^(key): /peɾseˈɡiɾ/ [peɾ.seˈɣ̞iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: per‧se‧guir

perseguir (first-person singular present persigo, first-person singular preterite perseguí, past participle perseguido)

1. to pursue, to chase, to go after

• “perseguir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014