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follow

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈfɒləʊ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈfɑloʊ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(fol′ō)

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Principal Translations
Inglés	Español
follow [sb/sth]⇒ vtr	(move behind) (persona)	seguir a vtr + prep
He followed his wife into the house.
Siguió a su mujer hasta la casa.
follow [sth]⇒ vtr	(proceed along)	seguir⇒ vtr
continuar por loc verb
Follow the road until you reach the post office.
Siga el camino hasta llegar a la oficina de correos.
follow [sth/sb]⇒ vtr	(leadership, authority)	seguir⇒ vtr
He follows his heart, wherever it takes him.
Sigue sus corazonadas, adonde quiere que lo lleven.
follow [sth]⇒ vtr	(obey, do as told)	seguir⇒ vtr
You should follow his advice.
Deberías seguir sus consejos.

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Additional Translations
Inglés	Español
follow⇒ vi	(come next after [sb])	seguir⇒ vtr
ir detrás loc verb
I'll go first, and you can follow.
Yo iré primero, y tú me sigues.
Yo iré primero, y tú puedes ir detrás.
follow vi	(come next after [sth])	seguir⇒ vtr
venir a continuación loc verb
What follows is an example of how not to proceed.
Lo que sigue es un ejemplo de cómo no hay que actuar.
follow [sth]⇒ vtr	(occur as a result)	seguirse⇒ v prnl
deducirse⇒ v prnl
resultar⇒ vi
It follows that reducing interest rates increases inflation.
De esto se sigue que reduciendo los tipos de interés aumenta la inflación.
follow [sth] vtr	(sequence: come after)	seguir⇒ vtr
In the Cyrillic Alphabet, B follows A.
En el alfabeto cirílico, la B sigue a la A.
follow [sb]⇒ vtr	(imitate, be like [sb])	salir a vi + prep
imitar a vtr + prep
She follows her mother in being very talkative.
Sale a su madre en lo de ser tan habladora.
follow [sth]⇒ vtr	(result from [sth])	salir⇒ vi
Can any good follow this?
¿Puede salir algo bueno de esto?
follow [sth] vtr	(watch)	seguir⇒ vtr
They followed her every move.
Siguieron cada uno de sus movimientos.
follow [sth] vtr	(keep up with [sth])	seguir⇒ vtr
estar al tanto loc verb
Do you follow politics?
¿Sigues la política actual?
¿Estás al tanto de la política?
follow [sth/sb]⇒ vtr	(understand [sth], [sb])	seguir⇒ vtr
Do you follow what I'm saying?
¿Me sigues?
follow [sth]⇒ vtr	(obey: a route, pattern, etc.)	seguir⇒ vtr
Alina carefully followed the knitting pattern for the pullover.
Alina siguió cuidadosamente el patrón de tejido del jersey.
follow [sb]⇒ vtr	(social media)	seguir a vtr + prep
80 million people follow this singer on Instagram.
80 millones de personas siguen a este cantante en Instagram.

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Locuciones verbales
Inglés	Español
follow [sb] around vtr phrasal sep	(trail [sb])	seguir a alguien a todas partes loc verb
seguir a alguien loc verb
He followed me around all day.
Me siguió a todas partes todo el día.
follow from [sth] vtr phrasal insep	(come as a logical result)	deducirse de, inferirse de v prnl + prep
This logically follows from the given evidence.
Esto se deduce de las pruebas presentadas.
follow on vi phrasal	(be a consequence)	deducirse⇒ v prnl
resultar⇒ vtr
seguirse⇒ v prnl
It follows on that any rise in taxes must be accompanied by an improvement in services.
Se deduce que una subida de impuestos ha de ir acompañada de una mejora en los servicios.
follow on from [sth] vi phrasal + prep	(be the next step)	derivar de vtr + prep
This action follows on from the decision taken last month.
Estas acciones derivan de la decisión tomada el mes pasado.
ser consecuencia de loc verb
ser el resultado de loc verb
Estas acciones son consecuencia de la decisión tomada el mes pasado.
follow on vi phrasal	(come after [sb], walk behind [sb])	seguir⇒ vtr
caminar detrás de, ir detrás de loc verb
You two go ahead while I tie my shoelace, and I'll follow on.
Ustedes vayan mientras yo me ato los cordones y luego los sigo.
follow [sth] out, follow out [sth] vtr phrasal sep	(directions: carry out) (instrucciones)	llevar a cabo loc verb
realizar⇒ vtr
follow through vi phrasal	(continue [sth] to completion)	acabar lo que se empieza loc verb
seguir hasta el final vi + loc adv
completar⇒ vtr
terminar⇒, acabar⇒ vtr
Note: A hyphen is used when the term is a noun
He's very good at starting things but never seems to manage to follow through.
Él es muy bueno para comenzar las cosas, pero nunca parece acabar lo que empieza.
Él es muy bueno para comenzar las cosas, pero nunca parece completar ninguna.
follow through with [sth] vi phrasal + prep	(continue [sth] to completion)	completar⇒ vtr
terminar⇒, acabar⇒ vtr
Sam is always making plans but she never follows through with any of them.
Sam siempre está haciendo planes, pero nunca completa ninguno.
follow [sth] through vtr phrasal sep	(continue [sth] to completion)	completar⇒ vtr
terminar⇒, acabar⇒ vtr
A good manager ensures that their team is able to follow a project through.
Un buen gerente se asegura de que su equipo pueda completar los proyectos.
follow through vi phrasal	(sports: after throwing, etc.) (Deportes)	acompañar el movimiento loc verb
She's learning how to follow through in a complete arc after hitting the ball.
Está aprendiendo a acompañar el movimiento con un arco completo después de pegarle a la bola.
follow up vi phrasal	(take next step)	continuar⇒ vi
The young gymnast performed a dive roll, and did a cartwheel to follow up.
La joven gimnasta realizó una vuelta de carnero y continuó con una rueda de carro.
follow up on [sth] vtr phrasal insep	(investigate)	investigar⇒ vtr
estudiar⇒ vtr
The detective followed up on the lead.
El detective investigó la pista.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés	Español
follow in [sb]'s footsteps, follow in the footsteps of [sb] v expr	figurative (do as [sb] else has done) (figurado)	seguir los pasos de loc verb
Siguió los pasos de su madre y se convirtió en una artista.
follow in [sb]'s footsteps, follow in the footsteps of [sb] v expr	figurative (take the same career path as [sb] else)	emular a vtr + prep
He wanted to follow in his brother's footsteps and become a football player.
She followed in her mother's footsteps and became an artist.
Quería emular a su hermano y convertirse en un jugador de fútbol.
(figurado)	seguir los pasos de loc verb
andar en los mismos pasos que loc verb
seguir la trayectoria de loc verb
Quería seguir los pasos de su hermano y convertirse en un jugador de fútbol.
follow me interj	(come with me) (tuteo)	sígueme interj
(voseo)	seguime interj
(ustedeo)	sígame interj
"Follow me," said the waitress, and she showed us to our table.
follow on the heels of [sb], follow on [sb]'s heels v expr	figurative (do the same as [sb]) (PR)	seguir el mismo camino loc verb
The young singer wanted to follow on the heels of his famous father.
seguir la senda marcada por loc verb
follow on the heels of [sth] v expr	figurative (come after)	venir aparejado loc verb
They were afraid a large tidal wave would follow on the heels of the earthquake.
Los tiempos difíciles siempre vienen aparejados de oportunidades para los que ponen su empeño en la innovación.
seguir a vtr + prep
venir después de loc verb
venir atrás vi + prep
Si ve cruzar una pelota frente al auto, frene. Atrás viene el chico.
follow one another v expr	(come one after the other)	ir uno detrás de otro loc verb
The goals quickly followed one another in the second half of the game.
follow [sb/sth] out vtr + adv	(leave closely after [sb/sth])	salir inmediatamente después de loc verb
follow [sb]'s example⇒ vi	(do the same as [sb] else)	seguir la escuela de alguien loc verb
I'm going to follow Maria's example and spend more time working with the community.
emular⇒ vtr
seguir el ejemplo de loc verb
follow [sb]'s lead v expr	(do the same as [sb] else)	copiar⇒ vtr
The leader of the exercise class wanted us to follow her lead.
La líder de la clase de gimnasia quería que la copiáramos.
seguir⇒ vtr
La líder de la clase de gimnasia quería que la siguiéramos.
follow suit vi	figurative (do the same, copy: [sb] else)	copiarse⇒ vtr
imitar⇒ vtr
He was such a copycat; if his brother did something he would always follow suit.
After the first bank started giving away toasters, the rest of the banks followed suit.
Era un copión: si su hermano hacía algo él siempre se copiaba.
Era un copión: si su hermano hacía algo él siempre lo imitaba.
follow the crowd v expr	(copy what others are doing) (figurado)	seguir al rebaño loc verb
She was truly unique, always refusing to follow the crowd.
Era verdaderamente única, siempre negándose a seguir al rebaño.
(figurado)	seguir a la masa loc verb
Era verdaderamente única, siempre negándose a seguir a la masa.
follow the rules v expr	(obey instructions)	obedecer⇒ vtr
Most things work more smoothly when we all follow the rules.
He was a maverick who thought he didn't have to follow the rules.
La mayoría de las cosas funcionan mejor cuando todos obedecemos.
seguir las reglas loc verb
cumplir las normas, cumplir las reglas loc verb
seguir las instrucciones loc verb
La mayoría de las cosas funcionan mejor cuando todos seguimos las reglas.
follow-through n	(sport: continuation of motion) (Deportes)	acompañamiento nm
(Deportes)	gesto de acompañamiento nm + loc adj
You need to have a good follow-through to be a good golfer.
Debes tener un buen acompañamiento para jugar bien al golf.
follow-through n	(continuing action)	conclusión nf
(formal)	compleción nf
The project manager keeps a close eye on her team to ensure follow-through.
La gerente de proyectos vigila a su equipo para asegurar la conclusión de los proyectos.
follow [sth] up by doing [sth], follow up [sth] by doing [sth] v expr	(make further communication)	dar seguimiento loc verb
John followed up his interview by sending a thank-you note.
Juan dio seguimiento a su entrevista mandando una carta de agradecimiento.
follow [sth] up with [sth], follow up [sth] with [sth] v expr	(make further communication)	hacer seguimiento de algo con loc verb
The lawyer followed her argument up with evidence.
El abogado hizo un seguimiento del argumento con evidencia.
follow your nose v expr	informal, figurative (trust your instinct)	seguir el instinto expr
hacerle caso al instinto expr
follow your nose v expr	informal, figurative (go straight on)	seguir derecho loc verb
Turn left, then take the second right and just follow your nose.
follow your nose v expr	(trace smell of [sth])	husmear⇒ vtr
follow-on adj	(occurring next)	siguiente adj mf
Neil saw his doctor this morning, and he has to go back for a follow-on appointment next week.
follow-on n	(cricket) (voz inglesa)	follow-on nm
follow-on n	(thing that comes next)	lo siguiente, la siguiente nm, nf
This course is a follow-on to the one last semester.
follow-the-leader, follow-my-leader n	(children's game) (juego)	sigue al líder loc nom m
follow-up n	(further communication)	seguimiento nm
Ryan received a follow-up from the salesman.
Ryan recibió un seguimiento del vendedor.
follow-up n	(news item: further information)	desarrollo nm
seguimiento nm
The newspaper printed a follow-up to the previous day's story.
follow-up n	(doctor's visit)	consulta nf
visita nf
Ron had to go to the doctor for a follow-up.
Ron tuvo que ir al médico por una consulta.
follow-up n	(work: successor)	continuación nf
This novel is a follow-up to the author's first book, published 20 years ago.
follow-up adj	(visit, call: further)	posterior adj mf
subsecuente, subsiguiente adj mf
Tom sent a follow-up message to Jim.
Tom le envió un mensaje posterior a Jim.
follow-up inspection n	(additional examination)	revisión nf
control nm
(trabajo)	seguimiento nm
Before closing on the house, we need to do a final follow-up inspection.
Antes de cerrar la venta de la casa, necesitamos hacer una revisión final.
follow-up investigation n	(supplementary police enquiry)	investigación posterior nf + adj mf
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. La investigación posterior fue fructífera y permitió identificar y capturar al asesino.
follow-up materials npl	(resources: supplement learning) (educación)	material suplementario nm + adj
follow-up question n	(additional enquiry)	repregunta nf
Es una maestra de la repregunta, te va a resultar muy difícil darle respuestas evasivas.

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In the English description:

adhere - attach - bark up the wrong tree - be on sb's trail - booster shot - bring up the rear - chaser - come after - come next - come on the heels of - conform - cycle through - deviant - diet - disobey - diverge - dog - draft - ensue - go after - heat-seeking - heel - hilltop - idle threat - latch on - lock on to - make the rounds - mirror - move - next - nonobservance - obey - perverse verdict - play by ear - procedure - pursue - rebelliousness - redirect examination - revoke - run - sense of rhythm - shadow - short-circuit - stalk - stick like a leech - strict adherence to the law - succeed - suggest - tail - take a leaf out of your book

Spanish:

remitir - seguir - suceder - contornear - perseguir - profesar - entender - costear - observar - rastrear - abrazar - seguimiento - seguir con la vista - andar detrás de - aplicarse el cuento - cumplir la ley - dejarse arrastrar por la corriente - a la moda - ir a rueda de - ir con la corriente - seguir de cerca - seguir el rastro - seguir los pasos a alguien - seguir una estrategia - seguir una receta - chupar rueda - seguir directo - seguir el ejemplo de - seguir malos ejemplos - al hilo de - andar al hilo de la gente - vivir al hilo del mundo - emular - seguir los pasos de - aborregarse - reiteración - continuador - procuración

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Synonyms: go behind, go after, walk behind, follow on behind, tag along, more...

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