siguiente

Spanish

Etymology

From the old present participle of seguir. Corresponds to Latin sequentem (“following”), the present active participle of sequor (“to follow”), from Proto-Italic *sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /siˈɡjente/ [siˈɣ̞jẽn̪.t̪e]
Rhymes: -ente
Syllabification: si‧guien‧te

Adjective

siguiente m or f (masculine and feminine plural siguientes)

following
next
Lo siguiente que puedo recordar es que salí corriendo.
The next thing I can remember was running out.

Related terms

Further reading

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

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