# perseguir
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *persequīre, from Latin persequī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pər.səˈɣi]
* IPA: (Valencia) [peɾ.seˈɣiɾ]

### Verb

perseguir (first-person singular present persegueixo, first-person singular preterite perseguí, past participle perseguit)
* (transitive) to chase, to pursue
* (transitive) to persecute
* (transitive, law) to prosecute

#### Derived terms

* perseguidor

#### Related terms

* persecució
* persecutori
* seguir

### Further reading

* “perseguir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “perseguir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “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.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin persequor, persequi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [peɾ.se.ˈɣiɾ], [peɾ.se.ˈħiɾ]

### Verb

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)
* to pursue, follow
* to chase

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### Further reading

* “perseguir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “perseguir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /peʁ.seˈɡi(ʁ)/ [peh.seˈɡi(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /peʁ.seˈɡi(ʁ)/ [peh.seˈɡi(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /peɾ.seˈɡi(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /peʁ.seˈɡi(ʁ)/ [peχ.seˈɡi(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /peɻ.seˈɡi(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɨɾ.sɨˈɡiɾ/ [pɨɾ.sɨˈɣiɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɨɾ.sɨˈɡiɾ/ [pɨɾ.sɨˈɣiɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɨɾ.sɨˈɡi.ɾi/ [pɨɾ.sɨˈɣi.ɾi]

### Verb

perseguir (first-person singular present persigo, third-person singular present persegue, first-person singular preterite persegui, past participle perseguido)
* to pursue, follow
* to chase

#### Related terms

* seguir

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /peɾseˈɡiɾ/ [peɾ.seˈɣ̞iɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: per‧se‧guir

### Verb

perseguir (first-person singular present persigo, first-person singular preterite perseguí, past participle perseguido)
* to pursue, to chase, to go after

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* seguir (verb)

### Further reading

* “perseguir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10