Seguir Conjugation | How to Conjugate Seguir in Spanish

Seguir means “to follow,” “to continue,” or “to keep doing.” You will learn its sigo / sigue present family, siguió / siguieron preterite, gerund siguiendo, subjunctive forms, and continuation patterns.

Seguir conjugation at a glance

Verb type: Irregular. Seguir uses sigo — “I follow / continue,” sigues / sigue / siguen in stressed present forms, siguió / siguieron in third-person preterite, and siguiendo as its gerund.

Seguir gerund, past participle, and infinitive

The infinitive names the verb, the gerund supports progressive constructions, and the past participle combines with haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — in compound forms. The participle seguido remains invariant in those compounds.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive	seguir	to follow / continue
Gerund	siguiendo	following / continuing
Past participle	seguido	followed / continued

Seguir meaning and essential uses

Seguir is transitive when physically or figuratively following someone or something: Sigo el mapa. — “I follow the map.” With a person, personal a is common: Sigo a Marta. — “I follow Marta.”

A major learner pattern is seguir + gerund for continuation: Sigo estudiando. — “I keep studying / I am still studying.” Other frequent frames include seguir con — “to continue with” — and seguir adelante — “to keep going / move forward.”

Seguir irregular conjugation patterns

Present indicative is sigo, sigues, sigue, seguimos, seguís, siguen — “I/you/he-we-you-they follow or continue.” The first-person form loses written u before o, while stressed forms also show e → i.

Third-person preterite uses siguió / siguieron — “he/she followed / they followed.” The present subjunctive uses sig- throughout, past/future subjunctive use siguier-, and the gerund is siguiendo.

Seguir indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Seguir present tense conjugation

Present indicative (el presente de indicativo) — Use it for current situations, habits, facts, and contextually near-future reference. Use sigo, then sigues / sigue / siguen, with seguimos / seguís in the unstressed plural forms.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	sigo	I follow / continue
Tú — you, singular informal	sigues	you follow / continue
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	sigue	he / she follows / continues; you follow / continue (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	seguimos	we follow / continue
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	seguís	you follow / continue (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	siguen	they follow / continue; you follow / continue (plural)

• Sigo las instrucciones paso a paso. — I follow the instructions step by step.

Seguir preterite conjugation

Preterite (el pretérito perfecto simple / pretérito indefinido) — Use it for completed or bounded past events. Third-person forms are siguió / siguieron; the remaining preterite forms keep segu-.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	seguí	I followed / continued
Tú — you, singular informal	seguiste	you followed / continued
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	siguió	he / she followed / continued; you followed / continued (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	seguimos	we followed / continued
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	seguisteis	you followed / continued (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	siguieron	they followed / continued; you followed / continued (plural)

• Ayer seguí una ruta diferente. — Yesterday I followed a different route.

Seguir imperfect conjugation

Imperfect (el pretérito imperfecto) — Use it for habitual, descriptive, background, or ongoing past situations. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle seguido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	seguía	I used to follow / continue / was following / continuing
Tú — you, singular informal	seguías	you used to follow / continue / were following / continuing
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	seguía	he / she used to follow / continue / was following / continuing; you used to follow / continue / were following / continuing (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	seguíamos	we used to follow / continue / were following / continuing
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	seguíais	you used to follow / continue / were following / continuing (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	seguían	they used to follow / continue / were following / continuing; you used to follow / continue / were following / continuing (plural)

• Antes seguíamos el mismo procedimiento. — We used to follow the same procedure.

Seguir present progressive

Present progressive — This verbal periphrasis focuses on an action or process in progress. Form it with present estar plus the irregular gerund siguiendo — “following / continuing.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	estoy siguiendo	I am following / continuing
Tú — you, singular informal	estás siguiendo	you are following / continuing
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	está siguiendo	he / she is following / continuing; you are following / continuing (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	estamos siguiendo	we are following / continuing
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	estáis siguiendo	you are following / continuing (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	están siguiendo	they are following / continuing; you are following / continuing (plural)

• Estoy siguiendo el partido en línea. — I am following the match online.

Seguir near future conjugation

Near future — This verbal periphrasis expresses an intention, plan, or expected event. Form it with present ir — “to go” — plus a — “to” — and seguir.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	voy a seguir	I am going to follow / continue
Tú — you, singular informal	vas a seguir	you are going to follow / continue
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	va a seguir	he / she is going to follow / continue; you are going to follow / continue (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	vamos a seguir	we are going to follow / continue
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	vais a seguir	you are going to follow / continue (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	van a seguir	they are going to follow / continue; you are going to follow / continue (plural)

• Voy a seguir trabajando después de comer. — I am going to continue working after lunch.

Seguir future tense conjugation

Simple future (el futuro simple) — Use it for future reference and, where useful, probability. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	seguiré	I will follow / continue
Tú — you, singular informal	seguirás	you will follow / continue
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	seguirá	he / she will follow / continue; you will follow / continue (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	seguiremos	we will follow / continue
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	seguiréis	you will follow / continue (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	seguirán	they will follow / continue; you will follow / continue (plural)

• Seguiremos con el proyecto mañana. — We will continue with the project tomorrow.

Seguir conditional conjugation

Conditional (el condicional simple) — Use it for hypothetical outcomes, softened statements, or related conditional meanings. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	seguiría	I would follow / continue
Tú — you, singular informal	seguirías	you would follow / continue
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	seguiría	he / she would follow / continue; you would follow / continue (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	seguiríamos	we would follow / continue
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	seguiríais	you would follow / continue (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	seguirían	they would follow / continue; you would follow / continue (plural)

• Seguiría ese consejo en tu situación. — I would follow that advice in your situation.

Seguir present perfect conjugation

Present perfect (el pretérito perfecto compuesto) — Use it for completed events connected to a present reference frame; regional distribution varies. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle seguido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	he seguido	I have followed / continued
Tú — you, singular informal	has seguido	you have followed / continued
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	ha seguido	he / she has followed / continued; you have followed / continued (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hemos seguido	we have followed / continued
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habéis seguido	you have followed / continued (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	han seguido	they have followed / continued; you have followed / continued (plural)

• He seguido tus instrucciones. — I have followed your instructions.

Seguir past perfect conjugation

Past perfect (el pretérito pluscuamperfecto) — Use it for an event completed before another past reference point. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle seguido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	había seguido	I had followed / continued
Tú — you, singular informal	habías seguido	you had followed / continued
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	había seguido	he / she had followed / continued; you had followed / continued (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habíamos seguido	we had followed / continued
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habíais seguido	you had followed / continued (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habían seguido	they had followed / continued; you had followed / continued (plural)

• Ya habíamos seguido esa ruta antes. — We had already followed that route before.

Seguir future perfect conjugation

Future perfect (el futuro perfecto) — Use it for an event expected to be completed before a future reference point. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle seguido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	habré seguido	I will have followed / continued
Tú — you, singular informal	habrás seguido	you will have followed / continued
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	habrá seguido	he / she will have followed / continued; you will have followed / continued (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habremos seguido	we will have followed / continued
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habréis seguido	you will have followed / continued (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habrán seguido	they will have followed / continued; you will have followed / continued (plural)

• Para entonces habrán seguido todos los pasos. — By then they will have followed all the steps.

Seguir conditional perfect conjugation

Conditional perfect (el condicional compuesto) — Use it for a hypothetical completed outcome. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle seguido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	habría seguido	I would have followed / continued
Tú — you, singular informal	habrías seguido	you would have followed / continued
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	habría seguido	he / she would have followed / continued; you would have followed / continued (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habríamos seguido	we would have followed / continued
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habríais seguido	you would have followed / continued (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habrían seguido	they would have followed / continued; you would have followed / continued (plural)

• Habría seguido adelante sin el problema. — I would have kept going without the problem.

Seguir subjunctive conjugations

Seguir present subjunctive conjugation

Present subjunctive (el presente de subjuntivo) — Use it in subordinate environments involving wishes, influence, emotion, doubt or denial, evaluation, necessity, possibility, or non-specific reference. The present subjunctive uses sig- throughout.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	siga	that I follow / continue
Tú — you, singular informal	sigas	that you follow / continue
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	siga	that he / she follow / continue; that you follow / continue (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	sigamos	that we follow / continue
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	sigáis	that you follow / continue (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	sigan	that they follow / continue; that you follow / continue (plural)

• Quiero que sigas estudiando. — I want you to keep studying.

Seguir imperfect subjunctive conjugation

Imperfect subjunctive (el imperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses the -ra series. The accepted -se series is also valid in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. These forms use the siguier- family; the main table shows the -ra series.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	siguiera	that I followed / continued
Tú — you, singular informal	siguieras	that you followed / continued
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	siguiera	that he / she followed / continued; that you followed / continued (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	siguiéramos	that we followed / continued
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	siguierais	that you followed / continued (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	siguieran	that they followed / continued; that you followed / continued (plural)

• Preferían que siguiéramos el plan original. — They preferred that we follow the original plan.
• Era importante que siguieses las instrucciones. — It was important that you follow the instructions.

Seguir future subjunctive conjugation

Future subjunctive (el futuro de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. It survives mainly in formal, legal, proverbial, literary, or historical contexts. These rare forms use the siguier- family.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	siguiere	if / when I should follow / continue
Tú — you, singular informal	siguieres	if / when you should follow / continue
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	siguiere	if / when he / she should follow / continue; if / when you should follow / continue (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	siguiéremos	if / when we should follow / continue
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	siguiereis	if / when you should follow / continue (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	siguieren	if / when they should follow / continue; if / when you should follow / continue (plural)

• Quien siguiere este procedimiento deberá registrar cada paso. — Whoever should follow this procedure must record each step.

Seguir present perfect subjunctive conjugation

Present perfect subjunctive (el pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo) — Use it when a completed event appears inside a present- or future-oriented subjunctive environment. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle seguido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	haya seguido	that I have followed / continued
Tú — you, singular informal	hayas seguido	that you have followed / continued
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	haya seguido	that he / she has followed / continued; that you have followed / continued (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hayamos seguido	that we have followed / continued
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hayáis seguido	that you have followed / continued (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hayan seguido	that they have followed / continued; that you have followed / continued (plural)

• Me alegra que hayas seguido el consejo. — I am glad that you followed the advice.

Seguir past perfect subjunctive conjugation

Past perfect subjunctive (el pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses hubiera; hubiese is an accepted auxiliary alternative in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle seguido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	hubiera seguido	that I had followed / continued
Tú — you, singular informal	hubieras seguido	that you had followed / continued
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	hubiera seguido	that he / she had followed / continued; that you had followed / continued (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hubiéramos seguido	that we had followed / continued
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hubierais seguido	that you had followed / continued (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hubieran seguido	that they had followed / continued; that you had followed / continued (plural)

• Si hubiera seguido el mapa, no me habría perdido. — If I had followed the map, I would not have gotten lost.
• Si hubieses seguido estudiando, habrías terminado antes. — If you had kept studying, you would have finished earlier.

Seguir future perfect subjunctive conjugation

Future perfect subjunctive (el futuro perfecto de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. Treat it as a formal or historical reference form, not an everyday conversational target. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle seguido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	hubiere seguido	if / when I should have followed / continued
Tú — you, singular informal	hubieres seguido	if / when you should have followed / continued
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	hubiere seguido	if / when he / she should have followed / continued; if / when you should have followed / continued (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hubiéremos seguido	if / when we should have followed / continued
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hubiereis seguido	if / when you should have followed / continued (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hubieren seguido	if / when they should have followed / continued; if / when you should have followed / continued (plural)

• Si hubieren seguido el procedimiento, deberán conservar el registro. — If they should have followed the procedure, they must keep the record.

Seguir imperative and commands

Commands address another person directly. The nosotros/nosotras row is a present-subjunctive form used with exhortative “let’s…” value.

Seguir affirmative commands

Use the verified affirmative command forms for direct instructions when the target meaning supports them naturally.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	sigue	follow
Usted — you, singular formal	siga	follow (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	sigamos	let’s follow
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	seguid	follow (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	sigan	follow (plural)

• Sigue las instrucciones. — Follow the instructions.

Seguir negative commands

Negative commands use subjunctive-based forms, with no — “not / do not” — before the verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	no sigas	do not follow
Usted — you, singular formal	no siga	do not follow (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	no sigamos	let’s not follow
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	no sigáis	do not follow (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	no sigan	do not follow (plural)

• No sigas ese camino. — Do not follow that path.

Common constructions with Seguir

These patterns show sentence frames that materially affect how the target verb is used.

• seguir algo / a alguien. — to follow something / someone.
• seguir + gerund. — to keep / continue doing something.
• seguir con algo. — to continue with something.
• seguir adelante. — to keep going / move forward.

Example sentences with Seguir

These examples reinforce the target verb across useful forms and contexts already taught in the lesson.

• Sigo aprendiendo español. — I keep learning Spanish.
• ¿Sigues trabajando aquí? — Do you still work here?
• El coche siguió al autobús. — The car followed the bus.
• Espero que sigas adelante. — I hope you keep going.
• Hemos seguido todas las instrucciones. — We have followed all the instructions.
• Sigue recto durante dos calles. — Continue straight for two blocks.

Regional and usage notes for Seguir

The core tables retain tú, usted, vosotros/vosotras, and ustedes for project comparability. Voseo changes some second-person singular forms in regions where vos — “you, singular informal” — is used.

• Vos seguís trabajando aquí. — You continue working here. (voseo)
• Seguí las instrucciones. — Follow the instructions. (affirmative vos command)

For seguir, connect the irregular families: sigo / sigues, third-person preterite siguió / siguieron, present subjunctive siga..., past/future subjunctive siguier-, and gerund siguiendo.